Hi ya Dr S, thanks for that,
it might help if i explain my mental processes and reasoning at the time
my intention from the beginning was to get the bike for the parts, namely for the saddle , which i though had a chance of being leather( its not) and for the U Brake, coz it looked shiney and i had ummed and ahhed with replacing the AD 990 on the 89 Muirwoods, What hadnt been mentioned and what i thought i was being clever at was that it was a lugged steel frame, and i had noticed this from the pictures which in my mind I thought I would be able to sell to the london Fixie crowd, bike polo people etc on ebay, and as im not adverse to putting the effort into posting a bike frame or whole bike for that matter hought i would have little problems selling it, so i thought get a few bits sell the rest.
I had not researched wheeler, and did not expect the components to be much cop tell you the truth.
I also thought the bike was only 25 miles away according to ebay, it turned out to be a 100 mile round trip, again my choice i know
When i picked up the bike the condition of the drive train and quality of the components became apparent, and i became reluctant to break the bike, i see bikes as sort of a bit like living things you see ( silly i know). despite the fact that i knew i could make far more breaking than keeping together.
When iput on the asking price I expected to be haggled from £140 to about £100, then when you take into account the wheel £10 perhaps, the tyre £10, my £20 petrol, the £10-15 to post the bike, the initial price of the bike £22, and the 5-6 hours of time put into the bike collecting 3 hours, cleaning 1 hour, getting box and packing anot,her 1-2 hours, the waiting in for the courier etc, there is no return, there is no profit. perhaps a few quid is all
another part of my reasons was to return some nice quality parts to the fold so to speak,
I told the guy when i got the bike of my likely intention to break it, he said he didnt mind he was just glad that it ws not some kid who was gonna trash the bike in a couple of weeks and dump it
Having done a bit of buying and selling on here, what i know is that i have never made any profit, more often than not i sell things for lower or the same as what i got them for, and the whole point is to accumulate enough in my paypal account for something i want, and to speculate and acummualte, as i too dream of the lovely titanium and top end bikes, there was mention in her on another thread of some guy who got some karma bits to build a bike, then wheeled and dealed til in the end he had two bikes worth £2000, I thought it was acceptable you see.
Anyways, its all left me feeling rather sad tell you the truth and worried about asking for more than i paid for something, i think for us johhny come latelys its harder to get the nice bikes that some have coz the interest in old bikes has made prices a bit silly, and the only way i can get nice part, what with wife kids mortgage etc is to over weeks and months make a tenner here couple of quid there etc. Also always thought i was doing it the right way, everyone i have deat with has been happy with price description service ect.the buying and selling here is the most fun too i think but,lol
oh well
The wheeler is no more anyway, bike has been split and I will be listing the full groupset on ebay.
Truly sorry to anyone i upset
Cheers
Charlieboy
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