Originally Posted by
rajbcpa
...retired now. ....used to ride bikes in NYC during '70/80s.... ...just returning to biking now in the east hills of Tenn.
A bike collector told me never to use EBay or buy foreign bikes on Ebay or non-EBay cites. ...(Too many scammers, false truth tellers, shipping issues, etc.)
She uses freinds who know she is collecting bikes. But her most frequent buys are from local and no-so-local bike shops, however.
If you are a collector or know someone who is, how do they find the goods?
Thanks, Rob Bartsch
I moved down here five years ago and have been a small collector (read: N+1 victim) since. I've gone through two dozen bikes which are given to relatives/friends/local kids and only sold two. I have bought them through Ebay, Craglist, yard sales, a local scrap iron yard. The largest concentration of finds are in the Knoxville area (CL mostly). Best bargains are those listed :Local pickup only. But I'm not a flipper and getting more picky by the day now that I have everything I need and most of what I don't.
