faz
Sexiest Ex-Mod around!™
hi all,
it is interesting to see how many people here are posting their bikes for sale, and insist that they HAVE TO sell the bike soon, but their prices are anything near a reasonable asking price, especially by posting it on a board that mostly consists of people who:
1) mostly already have a bike
2) have bought a few bikes before and lost enough money to know how much a bike is really worth
3) are really only interested in buying another bike only if it were a real bargain
Now, to all the sellers I have the following advice:
1- go to kelly blue book (www.kbb.com). Get the trade in price as well as the retail price of your bike.
2- find the mid point of these two prices [(price1 + price2) devided by two]
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example: if the trade-in price is 2000, and retail value is 3000, a fair asking price in mid-point would be 2500, i.e. (2000+3000)/2
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3- that would be a fair asking price for your bike. if you end up selling your bike at that price, consider yourself lucky, especially considering the end of season and the current economic situations (where even the dealers are not willing to buy your bike at a trade in price, unless you are buying something from them in return).
4- finally, you have to COMPETE with the other posted prices and people who are desparate to sell their bikes (like an 03 R1 for $7k!!! what a deal!) . Such competition will throw away any reasonable asking price right out the door, so unless you are willing to bring your price down enough to compete, don't waste your time until all other competing bikes are sold.
At the end, it is your bike and you can ask ANY price you want for it. But unless it is reasonably priced it won't sell on this board.(reasonable from the BUYER's prespective, not the Seller's)
Please don't take the above post as an insult or as another smart ass making a remark. I have sold two bikes and bought two other bikes in the last 3 months. Some people had their bikes for sale then, and still have it for sale.
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it is interesting to see how many people here are posting their bikes for sale, and insist that they HAVE TO sell the bike soon, but their prices are anything near a reasonable asking price, especially by posting it on a board that mostly consists of people who:
1) mostly already have a bike
2) have bought a few bikes before and lost enough money to know how much a bike is really worth
3) are really only interested in buying another bike only if it were a real bargain
Now, to all the sellers I have the following advice:
1- go to kelly blue book (www.kbb.com). Get the trade in price as well as the retail price of your bike.
2- find the mid point of these two prices [(price1 + price2) devided by two]
-- edit:
example: if the trade-in price is 2000, and retail value is 3000, a fair asking price in mid-point would be 2500, i.e. (2000+3000)/2
-- end edit.
3- that would be a fair asking price for your bike. if you end up selling your bike at that price, consider yourself lucky, especially considering the end of season and the current economic situations (where even the dealers are not willing to buy your bike at a trade in price, unless you are buying something from them in return).
4- finally, you have to COMPETE with the other posted prices and people who are desparate to sell their bikes (like an 03 R1 for $7k!!! what a deal!) . Such competition will throw away any reasonable asking price right out the door, so unless you are willing to bring your price down enough to compete, don't waste your time until all other competing bikes are sold.
At the end, it is your bike and you can ask ANY price you want for it. But unless it is reasonably priced it won't sell on this board.(reasonable from the BUYER's prespective, not the Seller's)
Please don't take the above post as an insult or as another smart ass making a remark. I have sold two bikes and bought two other bikes in the last 3 months. Some people had their bikes for sale then, and still have it for sale.
*******
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your bike is lossing value every day.
