Originally Posted by
bassjones
I just had a similar attempted craig's list purchase. Guy bought a new bike (CAAD9-6) less than 18 months ago, got in a nasty motorcycle accident and lost permanent use of his left arm, so couldn't ride a traditional roadie anymore. Nice bike, pretty low miles, but he was asking $800. He paid $750 for the bike, added two bottles and cages, a rear rack, toe clips, seat bag with tire repair kit... I told him the accessories were essentially worth nothing and the bike was worth about 40% less than new, so $400-$500 MAX. Wouldn't budge. Too bad too because it was going to be for my daughter, but for $800, I can go buy the same bike new/leftover and put my own bottle cages on it.
Ive bought a decent amount of crap of CL and if im not buying I still browse around to see what people are asking and while you really do find some deals worth jumping on and some reasonable people/prices, once in a while you find some guy who for some reason thinks that his whatever it may be is worth as much as it was new.
this is especially true for motorcycles since lots of guys buy new bikes and realize its not for them or dont like riding so they bike is essentially new still which makes them think that they can ask retail and justify it by saying that tax + license was a couple grand.....lol and while thats true, i doubt anyone will pay MSRP for a used vehicle....you made a bad choice, tried something out, realized you didnt like it, you just have to take that hit.