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Old 09-14-12, 07:54 AM
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+1 High end stuff tends to sell relatively cheap on C/L (so as a buyer, this is great, as a seller, it sucks). This bike should do very well on ebay.

You are in a better market, so a high end bike might find a customer. Around here, bikes just don't move above the $400 mark, adjust that range for your market, but there is a point where there just are not buyers. Now a DA EM would probably get responses above the $400 mark (by me, if not anyone else), but it would fall flat at perhaps $600.

When I bought my Colnago Master Lite off C/L, guy had it posted for TWO weeks and I was the only response he had. I really was not interested in a Colnago at that time, but the price was attractive, and got more attractive. Meanwhile, a POS bike for $100 will get flooded with responses.
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Please don't confuse ebay "asking" prices with "selling" prices. Many sellers never get their ask price. some are far from it. Value is determined once an item actually SELLS. Its easy enough to check SOLD prices.

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