Originally Posted by
Gasbag
I responded to a couple of adds this summer for some of those bikes that are way over priced and listed forever. On a couple of them I was able to show the seller the repairs and labor time needed to put the bike back into good condition and got both the bikes for half the listed price. In these cases, the seller didn't really have much knowledge about bikes in general and were floating balloons on the prices
A couple of others were "American Picker" wannabe's and I walked away. Those bikes are still listed for sale.
I guess it can sometimes be a case of nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Sometimes bikes aren't meant to be.
I offered a guy full price for a Bridgestone MB1 earlier this summer via email. Twice.
I must have been stuck in his spam filter as he lowered the price three times without responding to me.