Old 02-18-21 | 03:22 PM
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From: Charles Town,Wv.

Bikes: 1 away from divorce!

Originally Posted by seypat
Richmond has 3 or 4 serious flippers. One of them is the guy I got the wheels for you from. One operation has a big warehouse downtown loaded with bikes. Kinda of a low key Pros Closet. The one that bought the Miyata is easy to spot. His bikes are stored in a self storage. He pulls them out and takes the ad pics in the self storage hallway. When you see a pic with the background like the Miyata, you'll know it's that person. Another's location when you look at the area map is right off of Janke Road. He also stores his in a self storage/container, but takes his pics outside. The flipper that I got the wheelsets from takes his pics with the bike up against a white pickup. Mechanicsville is in his heading. The bikes you see listed from Chesapeake/Great Bridge is probably Norfolk/Va Beach's biggest flipper. If you go there to look at a bike on the weekend, they'll have around 50 bikes in the driveway displayed for sale just like a car lot.

If you look close enough and see the patterns/similarities in the postings, most of/a large percentage of the listing on the Richmond CL are flipper bikes.
I guess I would be on the edge of the high volume flippers, but the most I ever list is 3 or 4 bikes at a time. There's really nothing wrong with it. I do take pride in taking the time to repair and restore to make them ready to ride at the time of sale and I normally price them very fair. Like I said earlier, I just wanna see bikes on the road and not in the dump. I make a little money and they make a little money and all is good. End result= More people on bikes!
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