Originally Posted by
wrk101
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.
That all makes perfect sense. I was really just shocked that someone out there would pay 200 for just the frame set. Considering it's nothing spectacular.
The guy that bought mine has an old Bianchi, but the seat post had fused to the frame after years of neglect. He had all the components and just needed a frame. We agreed on 75 and I'm pretty happy with that.