credit crunch affecting retrobikers?

guybe · Sep 30, 2008

Just wondering if the credit crunch is affecting everybody? both on here the 'for sale' forum and ebay, I noticed some things dont sell quick or get sold. Early this year, you had to be quick buying it before anybody else get it, now people is reducing their prices to sell it.

Like Thorpie bought a Kona booklet for nearly £30 a few months back and that is half price and not selling.

I have a few parts to sell soon, not getting my hopes high to get good prices now

JeRkY · Sep 30, 2008

Not really affecting me as of yet, my pace RC200 has cost me more than any other project ive worked on, and its still got a few hundred ear marked to go on it.

The right bits will sell.

(if you have a VGC/Nos M952 chainset....im your man)

Harryburgundy · Sep 30, 2008

Beans on toast again tonight...Tesco 'value' as well, not even posh Heinz :cry:

OrangeRetro · Sep 30, 2008

I work for a bank... :shock: Doh!! :roll:

pete_mcc · Sep 30, 2008

Lost two jobs so far this year due to redundancy after 13 years of security, 1 I could understand but to then walk into another and have the same thing happen.... On the plus side the first gave me a good payout, on the down side the second didn't. Now no one wants to take on people at my level onto their books so I am now a self employed consultant which has surprisingly meant I have far more money coming in and I am buying bits with gay abandon!

NickD · Sep 30, 2008

OrangeRetro":c3vsgqh6 said:
I work for a bank... :shock: Doh!! :roll:

I work for an asset management company, similar worries!!

dirtjumper_dmr · Sep 30, 2008

I sell discount stationary, greetings cards, xmas decs etc and when times are lean people tend to 'trade down'... consequently we do ok.
Personally, I don't have any credit cards/loans/HP to worry about paying and my petrol is paid by my boss so it's no had too much of an effect apart from food/energy going up. I'm still buying bike bits

xizang · Sep 30, 2008

I had a meeting with the boss today and the word 'paycut' was mentioned :shock:

gibbleking · Oct 1, 2008

i teach kids to cycle so im not affected by adverse conditions like this but i feel for ya xziang...hearing that would concern me and id look elsewhere for work.

clockworkgazz · Oct 1, 2008

I'm mortgage broker so it is not looking that great :cry:

credit crunch affecting retrobikers?

guybe

Senior Retro Guru

JeRkY

Harryburgundy

OrangeRetro

Senior Retro Guru

pete_mcc

NickD

Retro Guru

dirtjumper_dmr

Senior Retro Guru

xizang

gibbleking

Old School Grand Master

clockworkgazz

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