tis an interesting thread this.
i regularly see the pounce on the newbie approach employed here, where someone finding their feet here sells things ridiculously cheap and the savvy speculators clear em out before the thread is 5 minutes old.
I learned this as a newbie from a jedi master, but with no hard feelings. its one of lifes lessons
what confuses me also is the postage thing, if i say, buy some shifters for £30. then realise i dont want or need them, if i sell em for £30, and say pay £5 in postage. Have i just lost £5 , as it seems i have now only £25 back with nothing to show for it, but then if someone did not take a hit somewhere along the way prices would just go up and up.
i have also bought bikes on ebay and broke and sold em here, again i say there is little return for a lot of work.
what i seem to see more of, is people buying here cheap and selling high on ebay, and im not sure how that sits with me
but then all is fair in love and RB i suppose, its all swings and roundabouts. My hobby has never funded itself, i still pour more in than i get back but do so happily
for me i rely on my own moral compass, i have as list of folks in my mind i wont deal with on RB or ebay. but also members who i will happily take offers from or pass things on to at what i paid or less as i know it will eventually come back to me, and has countless times.
i now prefer to sell things ridiculously cheap at RB meets , pays for my petrol sometimes, goods have been seen by the buyer, who also knows his onions and whether my price is a bargain or not .
I suppose thats the thing, if i got a bargain here , then turned up at a meet asking silly money for it i would expect to be called a cnut for it.
Same should go for sales threads really.