delver

An Univega super ten is about to sell for 102.50 +55 shipping. there are three bidders. It looks to be in ok shape, with what I call "garage wear".


I thought that this should be a might buy it at a yard sale for 15, 20 bucks.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:B:WNA:US:1123

What does a bike like this bring to a flipper in a large city? I live in the sticks, so have no idea what this kind of bike goes for. I sold a fuji sports 12 to a guy for 25 dollars after I went through the whole thing, and threw in a centurian mixte for his girlfriend. did that just to get them on the road.

with a barn full of super tens, raliegh capris, schwinn worlds, fuji monterays, ect... I generaly have been giving them away to people who need a bike.

riva

I'll take a stab.. it means cash out, put skinnies and drops on your vintage MTBs as a hold over until the market returns to normalcy, then buy back in.

Iowegian

I think the fact that the buyer has 0 feedback says something. I'd also have to think long and hard about paying $20 for that bike if I saw it at a thrift, etc.

Good work getting the folks onto bikes. Sounds like you do it for more than the money

wrk101

I bought a Univega Supra Sport with cromoly frame on ebay about a month ago for $21. It was in Atlanta, so I picked it up (no shipping).

Pricing on ebay is all over the map.

My basic guideline on selling price on ready to ride vintage bikes (no XMart crap): High Ten Steel: $75 to $100, which makes them not worth messing around with. But if I already had a pile of them, I would clean up the best ones as I had time and sell them. There is a market for them, its just low. The ones in worse condition, I would strip off any worthwhile parts (brakes, any alloy parts, derailleurs, cranksets, bottom brackets, any decent seats, any good tires, levers, etc), and then junk them. Most probably have $25 or more in components and salvagable parts. And you can sell parts (ebay) from anywhere.

I sell bikes with generic cromoly frame and decent components: $150 +/-; bikes with name brand cromoly frame (Reynolds, etc) with higher end components: $200 to $250. Specialty bikes more. Mountain bikes: nobody wants them, so I don't mess with them except for personal use. I see mainly Univega, Trek, and older good Schwinns. Treks and Schwinn get more attention from buyers than Univega.

Getting a decent garage sale/thrift store bike ready to ride can cost $30 in parts if no serious defects. So consider if you pick up a high ten bike for $25, put another $30 into it, and sell it for $75. You have made $20 for your labor, acquisition time and cost (gas). Basically no room for error on condition inspection, and very little interest from buyers. After being stuck with several high ten bikes for months, I am down to just one. It is the last one I am going to mess with. And I have one last mountain bike to sell, it is the last one I am going to buy.

dbakl

Maybe the buyer doesn't have access to old bikes in his area, maybe he doesn't have time to look for them, maybe that's the bike he always wanted, maybe he's just got too much money to blow.

There's a million stories on ebay. People post, other people buy.

dit

I believe that there is a lot of mis-leading sales on egay. In the past, I have spent many hours watching certain car auctions. I found that many of the vehicles that sold were later re-listed with some B.S. about the bidder bailed out on the purchase. I believe that the auctions were being pushed up by the seller and when the seller over bid to get his preception of the items worth the auction busted. Most vehicles that I watched were over priced by 20 to 100% and in some cases much more. I am not a fan of egay and have completely gotten away from it.

I wish you ebayers well.

cs1

I've got some real treasures and turds on ebay. Most of the time the seller of turds will gladly refund me my money if return the bike at my cost. So, I usually say screw it an cut my losses by stripping the bike down and selling the parts. It's a crap shoot even if you ask questions.