Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
There just isnt anything about the bike that screams $300 to me.
$225?...sure.
$250?...perhaps.
I price what i think is reasonable for both parties and to try to nove what i am trying to sell. Pricing high, in my eyes, just moves a bike into the pile with 60% of craigslist-the verpriced and ignore category.
Ditto, ask too much and it never moves around here. I have on occasion responded to high priced ads that have lingered a long time, sometimes sellers get flexible, sometimes not. I have been watching one bike on Charlotte C/L, overpriced, that has been on there for over FOUR years. Seems like 90%+ of my local C/L are repeat ads, the same bikes over, and over, and over again.
Blah group, missing lever hoods, old tires, XL size, no chrome, $200.
The vintage bikes here that bring more money have more pop with chrome, and tend to be medium sized, or better yet, small sized.
$250 here is really hard to get, unless it is modern.
Part outs from that era need higher end components: Suntour Cyclone or higher, Shimano 600 or higher, anything Campy; or some of the old school MTBs. And be prepared for left overs that don't sell. If in good condition, I donate them to the co-op.