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

[wafter]

Raleigh Routier on ebay for £440 - about ten times what it's worth.

Despite the eye-watering asking price the seller evidently couldn't be arsed to write the description themselves.

According to the AI slop the size is "18-23" - tempted to ask the seller to explain that.

Apparently the bike is "lightweight" - doubtless a well-known trait of all entry-level gas pipe offerings.

The urge to troll this lazy, clueless opportunist is strong...

 

[DCLane]

@wafter - you could help them by pointing out what 18-23 actually means, together with how to measure the size.

But it'd still be way over-priced.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Raleigh Routier on ebay for £440 - about ten times what it's worth.

Despite the eye-watering asking price the seller evidently couldn't be arsed to write the description themselves.

According to the AI slop the size is "18-23" - tempted to ask the seller to explain that.

Apparently the bike is "lightweight" - doubtless a well-known trait of all entry-level gas pipe offerings.

The urge to troll this lazy, clueless opportunist is strong...

Yes - but the advert says "Vintage" and "retro"

so clearly that justifies at mark up of at least a factor of 10

pretty much a bargin basically!

 

[fossyant]

Pretty low spec that Routier and it looks to be a gate, sorry 25" frame !

 

[wafter]

Pretty low spec that Routier and it looks to be a gate, sorry 25" frame !

Yes, it was one of Raleigh's lowest-spec offerings and that example is definitely intented for giants.

Mine's served me very well as a pub bike, but it's no high-end, lightweight tourer and a bit of a boneshaker tbh!

 

[wafter]

@wafter - you could help them by pointing out what 18-23 actually means, together with how to measure the size.

But it'd still be way over-priced.

It's very tempting to squeeze in a passive-aggressive dig about the pricing concealed within the Trojan horse of the legit advice you suggest.

 

[biggs682]

It's very tempting to squeeze in a passive-aggressive dig about the pricing concealed within the Trojan horse of the legit advice you suggest.

Just buy it and treat it like an investment

 

[wafter]

Just buy it and treat it like an investment

Have you been taking investment advice from a certain divisive orange American?

 

[fossyant]

It's got to be priced higher than it was new.

 

[FrankCrank]

If it was a barn find, chopper era, with a step ladder - might have been tempted.

 

[wafter]

It's got to be priced higher than it was new.

In nominal terms probably by a factor of five or more.. in real terms probably at least twice. I'd be interested to know what these actually cost when new.

In other news I may have squeezed in a passive-aggressive message about the pricing concealed within the Trojan horse of the legit advice suggested by @DCLane...

 

[lenfield]

£1,000 for a Raleigh Superbe

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1831155674509266/

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

£1,000 for a Raleigh Superbe

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1831155674509266/

Optimistic I would have thought

Nice vintage look and all that
but