Rouxenator Posted July 9, 2014 Share I got a new frame under warranty and I still have bits and pieces to build up a complete bike. In the end I want to sell it all so what is the best way to do this? Is it best to first put all the pieces together and sell it as a complete bike or to keep the parts separate and sell individually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigghead Posted July 9, 2014 Share I would say split it up, you should get more for it, but more admin too. MTBc and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 9, 2014 Share Depends on the bike and parts but generally you will get more selling off the individual parts - as Jigghead says a bit more admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhite Posted July 9, 2014 Share Depends on the bike - a lot of current bikes you can often sell for near the sum of the parts, but if you have a mismatched or older bike, it often pays to split the parts. I've just split up my old MTB. From comparison on the hub I estimated I could get R6k. Split up I could get over 10k. So far I have sold most of the bits and got just short of 5k, but still have to sell, wheels, brakes and frame. At this point my estimates on parts appear a little optimistic, but I should get R9k, so for a few hours stripping and cleaning and posting ads, R3k is a reasonable return (remembering you are likely to clean and service the bike anyway and in the OPs case the bike is already stripped - double bonus). If you are unsure, do yourself a spreadsheet of all the part and what you can realistically get for them and compare it to what you think you can get built up - 20 min work. The key is to try to look at it from the typical buyers perspective and see what value they will perceive. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBc Posted July 9, 2014 Share I would say split it up, you should get more for it, but more admin too. Build it up aaaand.... "You can never have too many bikes" - Many hubbers. Jigghead and Pants Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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