Originally Posted by
Lovenutz
I have a guy coming tomorrow to look at a frame set I have listed on C-list. I thought $75 would be a realistic price. A quick look of eBay sold listings showed the exact same frame (same color same size) sold for 140 plus 60 dollar shipping. And It's in worse shape than mine!
https://rochester.craigslist.org/bik...221434543.html
Ebay pricing has little/nothing in common with local C/L pricing. In my market, frames go cheap, really cheap. Buyers want bikes ready to ride. When I sell frames locally, I do it for convenience.
$50 to $75 as a local sale in a smaller market sounds about right.
As I recall, the Prelude through 1988 came with high ten steel fork and years through 1986 had 27 inch wheels. That would put it at the lower end for me.
And realize that ebay is full of fees, and you have the time and hassle of packing. I seem to be stuck at three hours all in for packing a frame, maybe 2 1/2 hours. This assumes I have the box in hand, and I will have to cut the heck out of the box to minimize shipping cost.