What's happened to all the "stuff"

[Rod_Saetan]

I've instructed my partner to give it all to a friend and let him deal with it!

 

[pictonroad]

This is what happens if you hold into it, someone else has to deal with the problem and then it gets auctioned off.

https://bid.mullocksauctions.co.uk/auctions/9468/srmu10223

(apologies to all who saw that and are now buying more stuff)

Whole lot of 'I'll get round to rebuilding that one day' in that auction.

 

[Tootyred]

Whole lot of 'I'll get round to rebuilding that one day' in that auction.

Welcome to retrobike...

 

[doctor-bond]

This is what happens if you hold into it, someone else has to deal with the problem and then it gets auctioned off.

https://bid.mullocksauctions.co.uk/auctions/9468/srmu10223

(apologies to all who saw that and are now buying more stuff)

The more old bike pumps you have, the less time you have left ….. (Runs off to bin some in an attempt to add a few more years…)

 

[Rod_Saetan]

The more old bike pumps you have, the less time you have left ….. (Runs off to bin some in an attempt to add a few more years…)

Oh no, I've massively increased my pump collection in the last few years!

 

[Nothin-fancy]

most of my horde isn't worth the trouble to sell it, so I just give it to the bike co-op. I'm trying to rack up the karma or pass it on after getting a Mondonico for free.

I will say, when scanning the local classified ads, you can tell who bought bikes at the top of the market during COVID. They're prices are astronomical, what with the current market for vintage part's and bikes and all. 2k for a huge Aelle tre tubi Atala. Give me a break or $400 for a modified Specialized hard rock...

 

[bikeworkshop]

The sellers complain its too cheap and the buyers complain its too expensive?

That's "situation normal"

I need to sell at purchase plus 50%+vat, so hoarding is expensive in a downturn, but rewarding in a boom.

Covid cleared out a lot of stock.

I usually value the boxes of old parts at 0 in a stocktake, so any sale seems like 100% margin

 

[PhillB]

I have a lot of "stuff" but that's it. All the celebrity bits have been sold in order to buy more of the 'stuff'. The kind of 'stuff' that I may or may not suddenly need

I think I will have a clear out though, a give away of the lesser stuff maybe


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Mr Trebus!!

 

[Woz]

This is what happens if you hold into it, someone else has to deal with the problem and then it gets auctioned off.

https://bid.mullocksauctions.co.uk/auctions/9468/srmu10223

(apologies to all who saw that and are now buying more stuff)

Blimey. Mountains of good stuff there.

 

[PhillB]

I’ve planned for this situation by doing spreadsheets for each bike and realistic selling prices for each part or complete.

So if the worse happens they have a bit of guidance.

It will also help when I do decide to leave the hobby as I can list stuff and do an inventory easily.

I've done the same thing, it's a good idea.