How to sell a bicycle?
10-22-11, 08:00 AM
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How to sell a bicycle?
How do you sell a bicycle? I understand posting etc, but I really don't trust complete strangers taking my bike for a test ride. Think they and my bike will disappear...Today's ease of fake IDs don't help either. What's the consensus?
10-22-11, 08:16 AM
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If you're able to ride and you have a friend who also cycles, just set up a time to meet the prospective buyer. Both you and your large male friend can accompany the buyer on a friendly test-ride, within a half-mile radius. Three cyclists riding three bicycles. What could be more fun?
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Of course, you will only deal in cash or take care of the business end, within a bank. Never accept checks of any kind!
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10-22-11, 09:31 AM
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I'm in a similar boat, gearing up to sell a few bikes etc. I however have a very large driveway and plan to force them to test ride in loops 
10-22-11, 09:34 AM
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Meet him somewhere, check his ID, let him take the bike for a test ride. You a have his car there with plates and all.
If you take your Bubba with you, he just might laugh at you and steal your bike for fun.
10-22-11, 09:41 AM
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1) Go and meet the buyer
2) Get your wrestler friend to tag along
3) Sit back and watch the transaction go smoothly
2) Get your wrestler friend to tag along
3) Sit back and watch the transaction go smoothly
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- Slim
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I think he might have a pretty good chance with you though, since you're partial to fruit.
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10-22-11, 11:31 AM
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Mr. Beanz says:
Mr. Beanz, if that's you in the Avatar pic, I'd say you're about half right, you certainly are large___!
- Slim
I am the large normal looking male. Some of us don't need a Bubba!
Mr. Beanz, if that's you in the Avatar pic, I'd say you're about half right, you certainly are large___!
- Slim
10-22-11, 06:13 PM
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Everyone who comes to my house to test ride a bike drives a relatively new car. It stays in the driveway until they return from the ride. I also ask for "cash only" in my CL ads.
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The other method is to ask to hold onto the selling price cash while they test ride.
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