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You're all a bunch of bottom feeders! :lol:
I've been on the other side. Offered a bike at a fair price, and have the potential buyer tell me he'll pay full price if I hold it a few days. I honor the first come, first served principle, only to have the buyer either flake out on me without notice, or come and offer me half of what I'm asking. It's the craigslist dance. Makes life interesting. |
Originally Posted by satbuilder
(Post 8701743)
Based on the interest he gets I'd just about bet my next paycheck he ignores all the remaining calls and you see the ad a week later for over $300.
Originally Posted by ilikebikes
(Post 8702725)
got a response, he wants $200.00 for it now.
Originally Posted by unworthy1
(Post 8702747)
ah, so now it's an *auction*, is it?:lol:
human nature... still, might be well worth it (in certain locations). It may be worth $200 but craiglist isnt an auction site. Should we flag his ad into oblivion.
Originally Posted by JunkYardBike
(Post 8703579)
You're all a bunch of bottom feeders! :lol:
I've been on the other side. Offered a bike at a fair price, and have the potential buyer tell me he'll pay full price if I hold it a few days. I honor the first come, first served principle, only to have the buyer either flake out on me without notice, or come and offer me half of what I'm asking. It's the craigslist dance. Makes life interesting. I've been on that side as well but at least I did some research first. I put a mid-80's C-dale on CL Friday night for $225 with my customary built-in $25 haggle amount. I sold it to the first caller. He showed up, didnt even want to test ride it, handed me $200 and left, all within 3 minutes. What it came down to was that $200 was what I'd was happy getting and I got it. I didnt jack the price up $50 becasue my phone rang right away. |
Craigslist is free, and I think it's becoming a way for some people to find out what something is worth by the response they get. Still to me not very ethical.
Flag away, I say... |
OTOH, people are entitled to whatever folks will pay. I called at about 8 pm last evening, and he didn't tell me that the price had increased. Clearly the bike was worth more than $70 -- I wouldn't have been willing to pay much more than that, simply because I have enough bike projects to last until the middle of the next decade -- but for someone dying to have a decent, vintage Peugeot with components that aren't shabby, it's probably worth $200 to $300 in an urban/university-town market.
I don't like the CraigsList dance either, and have been on the losing end a few times (seller makes an appt., then sells to someone else who shows up first). But I've also gotten some nice loot for (I believe) less than the going rate; so I'm not going to get righteous about CL transaction "ethics." |
I'd have been pretty tempted to go look at the $200 bike and offer him $150. It's not the $70 deal he advertized but still pretty good for a major metro area.
But I agree he's not following CL protocol. All he had to do to ballpark the price was watch the ads for a week or two. Or look at completed ebay sales a take a few bucks off. |
Believe it or not, some folks don't care that much about vintage bikes (!?) and think they have better things to do with their time than getting involved with market research. He did a lot better than he thought he would. I'm not accusing anyone, but it's not unheard of for such a sale to be a stolen bike too. Then it's all gravy.
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Here's one in my area for a little less. ' not sure if they are the same level though.
Peugeot road bike 22 inch frame hard to find! - $175 (kenosha ) Reply to: sale-fy2ze-1115133007@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-04-10, 6:07AM CDT Peugeot road bike 22 inch frame hard to find! This bike is in good condition for its age (late 70's early 80's). It is model Record du monde 22 inches or 55 cm with some scrtaches and could use a cleaning but runs good! $175
PostingID: 1115133007 |
The post was flaged. Last week I tried to get a guy to up his price. The seller had a shogun for 40$. When I emailed he said he had a buyer , I offered $80 to sell it to me . Darn those people with good morels. That bike will sell for $200 in the philly market.
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Originally Posted by tolfan
(Post 8705480)
The post was flaged. Last week I tried to get a guy to up his price. The seller had a shogun for 40$. When I emailed he said he had a buyer , I offered $80 to sell it to me . Darn those people with good morels. That bike will sell for $200 in the philly market.
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Originally Posted by tolfan
(Post 8705480)
The post was flaged. Last week I tried to get a guy to up his price. The seller had a shogun for 40$. When I emailed he said he had a buyer , I offered $80 to sell it to me . Darn those people with good morels. That bike will sell for $200 in the philly market.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16.../shogun001.jpg |
Craigslist=Thunder dome. People make up and play by there own rules. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. No point in complaining or claiming the "moral" high ground.
Just wait another 15mins and something else comes along, like the midnight blue Sports Tourer frame w. fork, headset, stem, post, saddle, dérailleurs & 2 sets of shifters I picked up today for $80. Sometimes thing work out in your favor on CL.:) |
So true! as dude called me back again today and sold me the Peugeot! Its a Peugeot "Competition" but it also has the "Record du monde" on the seat tube. Here are pics of it.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain012.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain011.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain010.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain009.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain008.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain007.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain006.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain005.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain004.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...esagain003.jpg |
Originally Posted by ilikebikes
(Post 8708118)
or the fact that the dude called me back again and sold me the Peugeot! :D
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I believe that makes it a later iteration of a PX-10 (with some extra letters like LE or URL...) Miamijim will tell ya. Nice score, after all.
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Originally Posted by kpug505
(Post 8708151)
Pics or it didn't happen...
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Originally Posted by unworthy1
(Post 8708181)
I believe that makes it a later iteration of a PX-10 (with some extra letters like LE or URL...) Miamijim will tell ya. Nice score, after all.
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Sweet score! Looks like it will clean up nicely...Love the cranks and the kitties.
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I posted in the other thread... Maybe a match, but I'll let someone who is more knowledgeable like Miamijim to confirm
I'm no Pug expert, but I've been reading a lot lately... Possible match? http://cyclespeugeot.com/images/1981_PKN10.jpg |
Originally Posted by kpug505
(Post 8708213)
Sweet score! Looks like it will clean up nicely...Love the cranks and the kitties.
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Nice Score!:thumb: How does your sack feel after all that kissing?:lol:
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Originally Posted by fender1
(Post 8708234)
Nice Score!:thumb: How does your sack feel after all that kissing?:lol:
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Originally Posted by Tigerprawn
(Post 8708220)
I posted in the other thread... Maybe a match, but I'll let someone who is more knowledgeable like Miamijim to confirm
I'm no Pug expert, but I've been reading a lot lately... Possible match? http://cyclespeugeot.com/images/1981_PKN10.jpg |
Originally Posted by ilikebikes
(Post 8708118)
So true! as dude called me back again today and sold me the Peugeot! Its a Peugeot "Competition" but it also has the "Record du monde" on the seat tube. Here are pics of it.
Did you pay his "new" asking price? |
Originally Posted by Machin Shin
(Post 8708345)
It should clean up nicely. Does it fit or did you buy to flip?
Did you pay his "new" asking price? |
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