Originally Posted by
FORDSVTPARTS
You need to look at COMPLETED listings, not active auctions with "buy it now" prices. Most of the Viscounts on E-bay have been there a VERY long time and get posted over and over and over again.
I think they're very nice bikes but they don't get their due recognition and don't command high prices.
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+4,876,329 Completed sold auctions are all that matter. Sellers can ask anything and often do. Follow our regular discussions on "Budget Bike Center". Their stuff is priced 5 to 10X of market. 99% of the time, their stuff does not sell. But newbs get sucked in by it and price their stuff high. I saw this recently on an auction I was following. BBC had a bike priced at $1500 (~ $200 to $250 bike). Someone else had an auction, and the bidding went to $300. But they had a lofty/silly reserve, influenced by BBC I am afraid. So the bike did not sell.
Speak of the devil, BBC has this one at $1200!! (in mediocre/average as is condition). Meanwhile, check completed auctions, and the only one that has sold went for $135......
BBC uses an interesting strategy. They price their bikes high, super high. 99% of the time, no bids. But every once in a while, they hook a fish, err, sell a bike. So maybe its a viable strategy. But its one based on ripping people off, so I pass. And it definitely is not a seller to use for pricing advice.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Viking-Lambert-Grand-Prix-Professional-Red-57-cm-Road-Bike-Bicycle-/350497383806?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item519b45a57e