themountie
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We all know prices will go up and down with trends .
Lately I have seen when going to my local auctions ebay gumtree even facebook market place , people are buying older/retro stuff at reasonable correct prices and because it retro they then put back straight for sale with little or no work done for 4 times what they paid or double or triple the market value. :shock:
We have a guy that gets down my local auction that dose not know much about cycles go's with the intent on buying everything so no one else gets it then with no work and a mean no work lists them for 4 times what he's paid and some stuff he's had for months and months and cannot sell it. :roll:
Case in point I do sell at the auction and I bought a alloy mongoose y frame for parts ,I stripped it down to the bare frame as the cable guide had broken off ,
so I put it in to the auction with a mix of frames and low and behold it shows up on ebay from the same guy 4 times what he paid due to it being retro with no mention of the knackered cable guide. :shock:
Lately I have seen when going to my local auctions ebay gumtree even facebook market place , people are buying older/retro stuff at reasonable correct prices and because it retro they then put back straight for sale with little or no work done for 4 times what they paid or double or triple the market value. :shock:
We have a guy that gets down my local auction that dose not know much about cycles go's with the intent on buying everything so no one else gets it then with no work and a mean no work lists them for 4 times what he's paid and some stuff he's had for months and months and cannot sell it. :roll:
Case in point I do sell at the auction and I bought a alloy mongoose y frame for parts ,I stripped it down to the bare frame as the cable guide had broken off ,
so I put it in to the auction with a mix of frames and low and behold it shows up on ebay from the same guy 4 times what he paid due to it being retro with no mention of the knackered cable guide. :shock: