The "How much?" or "You're havin' a giraffe!" thread

[mikeymustard]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-R...381494?hash=item28229c9ef6:g:JEQAAOSwepJXWx5M

£250? I'm sure it runs fine and that saddle looks quite comfortable really, but no matter how I look at it, it's still a rusty old Raleigh with a new pair of tyres on it.

White tyres = hipster chic lol

 

[Brand X]

I like white tyres! White tyres are cool. I'm not quite as fond of rusty chain-rings and peeling paintwork.

 

[Cycleops]

I can just imagine this guy with s shed full of old clinkers he's picked up somewhere thinking how can I tart these up for little and sell it to some mug on eBay for a lot.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-R...381494?hash=item28229c9ef6:g:JEQAAOSwepJXWx5M

£250? I'm sure it runs fine and that saddle looks quite comfortable really, but no matter how I look at it, it's still a rusty old Raleigh with a new pair of tyres on it.

 

[BalkanExpress]

A bag to transport your vintage Peugeot

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-v...971851?hash=item1a1c3df3cb:g:gHYAAOSwmLlX4S8n

That costs more than a vintage Peugeot

 

[Brand X]

A bag to transport your vintage Peugeot
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-v...971851?hash=item1a1c3df3cb:g:gHYAAOSwmLlX4S8n
That costs more than a vintage Peugeot

Surely an eBay typo? That can't be right.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

A bag to transport your vintage Peugeot

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-v...971851?hash=item1a1c3df3cb:g:gHYAAOSwmLlX4S8n

That costs more than a vintage Peugeot

Surely an eBay typo? That can't be right.

180 Euro cents maybe,but not the big notes you would hope.

 

[davidphilips]

relisted again? starting to loose count of the number of times this has been listed on ebay, dont know why the seller will not just accept highest bid? would the seller have to pay listing fees plus ebay sales fees when they keep cancelling sale? dont know about anyone else but i stopped bidding after the second time it was listed.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172385394857?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

relisted again? starting to loose count of the number of times this has been listed on ebay, dont know why the seller will not just accept highest bid? would the seller have to pay listing fees plus ebay sales fees when they keep cancelling sale? dont know about anyone else but i stopped bidding after the second time it was listed.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172385394857?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT

His reserve is probably £274.
I bid and won a DT Swiss wheelset with a reserve.
I paid for it and thought I had bagged a good deal.
The next day I received a refund from the seller,and when I contacted him he told me "sorry mate,I just can't let them go for that price" ."I can give them to you for (insert 75% more)
Cheeky bugger,but he doesn't have to sell me them .
Some people are just chancers or they think their item is worth the price they paid for new.And think putting on new tyres and new seat make it "immaculate "
Sorry guys ,off topic.
But I thought would share with the group

 

[biggs682]

His reserve is probably £274.
I bid and won a DT Swiss wheelset with a reserve.
I paid for it and thought I had bagged a good deal.
The next day I received a refund from the seller,and when I contacted him he told me "sorry mate,I just can't let them go for that price" ."I can give them to you for (insert 75% more)
Cheeky bugger,but he doesn't have to sell me them .
Some people are just chancers or they think their item is worth the price they paid for new.And think putting on new tyres and new seat make it "immaculate "
Sorry guys ,off topic.
But I thought would share with the group

totally true

 

[mikeymustard]

relisted again? starting to loose count of the number of times this has been listed on ebay, dont know why the seller will not just accept highest bid? would the seller have to pay listing fees plus ebay sales fees when they keep cancelling sale? dont know about anyone else but i stopped bidding after the second time it was listed.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172385394857?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT

It's not that special! Maybe he doesn't really want to sell it. There's a Bristol seller that has loads of frames, they've been sailing through the 'Bay (see what I did there) all summer, hasn't dropped the BIN price by so much as a rusty mudguard washer! He obviously doesn't need the money

 

[davidphilips]

It's not that special! Maybe he doesn't really want to sell it. There's a Bristol seller that has loads of frames, they've been sailing through the 'Bay (see what I did there) all summer, hasn't dropped the BIN price by so much as a rusty mudguard washer! He obviously doesn't need the money

what i cannot understand mikey is how can the seller get away with not receiving negative feedback and ebay sellers fees, as you say its not special, if it was the bike briggs682 bought with the shimano 600 now that would be different a real collectors dream.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What is so special about this 1951 machine then?:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=222298564444&globalID=EBAY-GB

 

[mikeymustard]

What is so special about this 1951 machine then?:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=222298564444&globalID=EBAY-GB

It's in London?

 

[biggs682]

@JoeyB have you seen this

What is so special about this 1951 machine then?:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=222298564444&globalID=EBAY-GB

 

[davidphilips]

What is so special about this 1951 machine then?:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=222298564444&globalID=EBAY-GB

the price?