I Thought I'd Avoided The Ebay "chancers" But...

How expensive can little emoji's be??

 

I'll give you £2000 and that's my final offer!

 

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I never new emojis were that expensive! Better get using more to get our money worth.

 

Personally, if I wanted £3695 I'd put it up at £4100.

 

I had the same questions when I sold my 1198. I give them short shrift. Usually highly insulting along the lines of 'fuck off you freeloading cunt' I hate chancers. Unless its me of course. But rudeness and profanity are my first recourse. Bit like life really.

 

Can't text in prison.

 

I recently sold my 900ss.
I put it on ebay and added "no overseas bidders" in the description. Literally within minutes of the ad going live, I had an offer from Finland and another offer £1k under my asking price from France, everytime I rejected his offer he upped it £10. The ebay automatic offer rejection was a godsend. A few days later a request came to ship the bike sight unseen and yeah, this was abroad as well. A couple of heroes said they`d come and look and neither showed, even booked a day off work for one of them. Arseholes!!!
I put it on MCN next, got a scam text asking me to email them. Then a guy gets in touch, turns up when he said he would, we chat about bikes for a couple of hours over a cuppa, he makes a very good offer and the deal is done. He came a week later for the bike. He was happy. I was sad, sad to wave the old girl goodbye.
Had a couple of emails from him saying how pleased he is with the bike and an invite to meet up at squires some time.
Genuine buyers do exist, it`s just a shame you have to deal with all the dickheads first before you find one.

 

Not really sure what the problem is - bought two bikes by asking that question - why bugger about ?

What's ya cheapest price - thanks I'll buy it - think there's a few folks a bit thin skinned, no one is ever going to offer you more than you ask for -

Or have I been in motor trade too long ?

 

i am looking to buy a bike at the moment. i have noticed on the usual sites that some private sellers are asking the same prices as dealers for the same sort of bikes. A dealer is paying wages ,taxes and property prices and has to give some sort of warranty. Plus i would expect a discount from a dealer too.

 

I agree with you to a certain extent here... However, I wouldn't discount a bike from a private seller based on a dealer having one at the same asking price.

During my search for another addition to our 'Stable' over the past season, it was clear to see that the dealer bikes aren't always a better deal/choice. For instance, it is quite common for dealers to supply bikes with nice extra's fitted but fail to include the original bits for the bike in the sale. These original bits will then no doubt be put on the 'Bay of E' following the bike being sold. This obviously makes perfect business sense for the dealers as this further increases the return on the bike - a win, win for them!

However, depending on what sort of bike your looking for and what the motive behind the purchase is (short term fun vs keeper with potential to return a bit on your invested funds further down the line) purchasing a comparable bike from a private seller with the original bits so you have the option to return the bike to standard trim can save you considerable time, effort and £££'s in trying to source the original parts again. You also then have the option of selling the aftermarket bits on should you wish.

Both private and dealer bikes have their pro's/con's and we all look at things differently & have different priorities when purchasing.

 

I get these all the time, straight in the bin. There's 0% chance of getting a sale from anybody that sends one line of text speak when making a major purchase imo. Sometimes, I'll just reply with 'call me'. They never do.

If I'm interested in a bike, I'll usually fire off any questions that I have and ask for the sellers phone number (if it isn't in the ad) and call them. I've been known to make a sensible offer if the 'make offer' button is available on eBay, usually slightly less than I'm willing to actually go to, but that's about it.

 

"What's your best price" ged, I used to work selling wood floors. Every time there was a programme on rip-off Britain or how to do a deal or the like, we'd get chancers waltzing in and asking that. For a small job, with no redeeming features...

In private sales, it's basically banking on the idea that you don't want the faff of putting all up for sale again and/or the faff of disagreeing with someone to their face, so you'll agree the discount

 

I think personally you weigh up the individual sale and whats there with it. Personally if i bought a bike with a shed load of updated and aftermarket stuff why would i want all the oem stuff clogging up my garage...if it came with it then id ebay it but if it didnt then no biggie. Id value the aftermarket stuff way above the oem. But, as i say it depends on the bike in question....if it were a 1098r then yeah due to the nature of the bike then yes, keep all the oem stuff, if it were say an SV650 then no - the oem stuff would make no difference to me.

Back on topic to the OP. Put it on for the price that you want (as long as its reasonably priced, middle of the road) and be prepared to wait. Just because its not sold in the first 24 hours doesnt mean no one wants it. My own personal standpoint for your bike itself (this is just my opinion BTW) is that the 796's are always going to be harder to flog than the 1100 counterpart so you may have to wait a bit...

 

As Robarano says.If you just get a text or short email,you can reckon it is a waste of time.If however,you receive an enquiry with a phone number,you at least have a starter.
A bit of a generaliastion I know,but for an high end/unusual bike I find something like Car and Classic is a good place to advertise.There is no charge,and one appears to get a better class of buyer.

 

Just to add i think its the mindset of the seller that sometimes plays a part ( me included ) - you put it up for sale, no one buys it in, say the first week and then your mindset says "fuck no one wants it, its worth fuck all..." then factor in say, you want x bike thats for sale somewhere else and the desparation sets in, then selling prices start to tumble and it kinda all snowballs from there on....

Your not the only one...but ive come to "learn" over the years plus - im no where near as desparate to sell or buy as i was.....case in point. Ive got a KTM 525 supermoto thats had a shed load of money thrown at it (lots more than what i want) if someone offered me the right money (and that amount is only a few hundred quid above the average price of a basic converted one) then id sell it. I did advertise it start of last year but it just attracted assholes so i took it off and still own it now....in fact its outside in the car park as i type this...i almost cant be bothered to advertise it as i just cant be bothered to deal with more assholes...