Hi Hubbers. The last 2 months or so, I shopped around the Hub with some serious intent rather than just browsing. I looked for a bike computer as I am moving from Polar to Garmin and some Di2 bits and pieces to convert my wife’s bike. But what really got me is how many items are priced the same or even more than a new item. So, the family is gone and I have some time for a long post. As the Hub does not actually publish transactional data (rather than the advertised price) how do you determine the price: - Sellers: you advertise for? - Buyers: you offer for? Firstly, let me just state, I agree fully that you can advertise for whatever, and buyers can low ball offer to their heart’s content. This is not a marketplace ethics thread. Considering that: - almost no brands transfer warranties on secondary re-sales (including the Consumer Protection Act), - Discovery and other Programs give you money back etc at places like Sportsman’s and Cycle Lab, - and Shimano and SRAM Stuff can still be had from Chain Reaction I just do not understand how you justify being R100 less than new on a R3000 item, nor who will fall for that price. Thus I offer 50% of new (CRC) price. Which I think is fair as it is used and I will have no warranty, even if it is “brand new in box”. I thus do not really factor in the asking price all that much. But being regularly branded as a low baller, I was wondering what others thought?
