eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

[LugNut]

It's certainly not the worst frame I've seen, I'm curious to learn what it is.

The Fakenago's are almost always good bikes worthy of a respray. Most I have seen have had forged drop outs with drop out adjuster screws, nice angles and lugs, 27.2 seat posts - almost makes you wonder why they would cheapen them with Colnago decals. Many buyers (myself included) steer clear of them, and I'd say there are bargains to be had if you don't mind an anonymous bike.

[amrjon]

I have no idea who bought it, and to be honest, have no issue with whoever did. Just disappointment it wasn't me . I know what I offered which was relatively little, and the seller let me know he sold it for less.

Always beats me why people take the off line early offers.
Seems to me that there is only downside for the seller, unless you realyl know what you have and what it's worth.
You can always sell it to whoever for their offer price at the end of the auction if you want (despite whatever bull they will probably tell you about needing a bike today or only being in town for 2 days or whatever), but your never know what you could have got.
It probably a karma thing for a tight ar*e seller anyway, tempted into saving a couple of bucks on ebay fees but missing out on much more.
A rare case of seller beware.

[familyguy]

Nice tourer, priced just a little high IMHO, but not far off.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/manly/bi ... 1016140550

Jim

[LugNut]

Nice tourer, priced just a little high IMHO, but not far off.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/manly/bi ... 1016140550

Jim

Beautiful. I started lusting after a touring bike after seeing a picture of one of these, and now days touring bikes are all I ride. Before that I rode a steel crit racer! *shakes head*. If it were closer, 2CM larger and if I were in the market, I would pay $850 for that, it's no bargain but a fair price for a classic bike in good condition. But perhaps that's just my sentimental attachment talking.

[ldrcycles]

Just copy pasting the questions and answers from the Clamont on the last page for posterity, hilarious.

Q: Hi - Can you please tell me if this bike is my size. Thanks.
A: no

Q: Well if you aren't going to tell anyone the size of the bike... how tall was the person who rode it? It's important to know the size.
A: 6ft 2in

Q: wHAT IS THE SEAT TUBE MEASUREMENT Centre of Crank to start of seat post? What is the top tube measurement Centre to centtre
A: No idea sorry and no I'm not measuring it sorry

[amrjon]

Just copy pasting the questions and answers from the Clamont on the last page for posterity, hilarious.

Q: Hi - Can you please tell me if this bike is my size. Thanks.
A: no

Q: Well if you aren't going to tell anyone the size of the bike... how tall was the person who rode it? It's important to know the size.
A: 6ft 2in

Q: wHAT IS THE SEAT TUBE MEASUREMENT Centre of Crank to start of seat post? What is the top tube measurement Centre to centtre
A: No idea sorry and no I'm not measuring it sorry

Yeah, i see his point, there's no real need for all those questions. The title of the add is so descriptive it says it all.

[morini]

I sent him a message as well.

Hi Basil,

Any chance of the wife and I booking a table for dinner?

Regards

He then pulled the listing.

By the way the first question is the bottom one. Saying, "no idea and no I'm not measuring it sorry", just doesn't cut it. The term d*ckhead suddenly springs to mind.

[grantw]

Nice to see some people have dreams

[Dan]

Nice to see some people have dreams

Or fat fingers. The optimist in me says typo. The pessimist says loser.

EDIT - emailed the seller - definitely a typo. Its being parted out now, apparently.

[familyguy]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/vintage-camp ... 500wt_1012

Extra zeros?

Jim

[Hamster]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Motorised-Dunlop-Bicycle-/261187838884?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Bikes&hash=item3cd00223a4&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1028

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Motorised-Repco-Bicycle-/261187841109?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Bikes&hash=item3cd0022c55&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1028

What bargains - I'm buying both one for me and one for Mrs Hamster.

DAMN!!! - No Longer Available

[feelthewheel]

Small bike, BIG PRICE!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Old- ... 3380eb62e7

[grantw]

There's been a lot of that about today.

[sunho]

A hidden gem maybe? Royal star.. Just noticed it due to a crap description... For someone shorter than me
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1081303927

[frailer5]

Well hidden. And well spotted. Decent looking bike. Off with those bars... and brakes (levers).

[morini]

Here's a Europa with a paint scheme I'm not familiar with. Is it just my eyesight but the downtube looks to be made of two different sized tubes???

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mermaid- ... 016628038#

[Dan]

Tidy enough looking Katana in Victoria somewhere

And a clean Colnago from Jos. Not overpriced. If it were my size...

[QuangVuong]

A hidden gem maybe? Royal star.. Just noticed it due to a crap description... For someone shorter than me
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1081303927

Seen it a couple times, but didnt see anything special about it.

May grab it if its under $10.

[sunho]

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/maroubra ... 1016698202

not a bad price, mercier.

[metalrideroz]

1st photo, Bianchi, or at least the rear half of one.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USED-VINTAGE ... 460df2de91

[rkelsen]

1st photo, Bianchi, or at least the rear half of one.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USED-VINTAGE ... 460df2de91

If the top half of its fork [visible in photo #2] is anything to go by, then it'll be a net liability.

[grantw]

1st photo, Bianchi, or at least the rear half of one.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USED-VINTAGE ... 460df2de91

Looks like its fork in the third photo

Edit: didn't read over the page

[QuangVuong]

Fork is in third and second. Looks like you only get the rear triangle.

[ldrcycles]

Nice to see some people have dreams

A Pro Tour by the looks of it, I had one of those for a while, it had full GPX. Not a bad bike.

[LG]

For a taller fella in Sydney, this looks like the real deal http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/380608575128 ... 1423.l2649 Obviously had a hard life though.