Craai Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 We need new categories for the marketplace....- F-ed-Used-Mint condition-New-Better than new splat, Vetplant, BigDL and 2 others 5
T-Bob Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Or Y This should be the Y thread to match the I thread...
Dadbod Racing Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Those low ballers think you're on drugs. They are the same guys/girls who used to buy the Capeads at 5am go home and start making phone calls at 5:15am If you don't want to raise your heart rate then just read the message and don't reply. Wannabe 1
Eldron Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Not sure why so angry. I have something for sale. Think 5 guys offered me half the price I am looking for. I just don't reply. No issue. This. I don't understand the need to feel insulted/abused/offended/generally derided by a low baller. Press delete and carry on....or...make a counter offer and you might actually end up at price both of you are happy with. gemmerbal and Brettowski 2
porqui Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Now if you did not ask twice as much as to what the item is worth then you would not get offers of 50 or 60% of your asking price. Shebeen, Al Allen, Eddy Gordo and 1 other 4
Kranswurm Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 This. I don't understand the need to feel insulted/abused/offended/generally derided by a low baller. Press delete and carry on....or...make a counter offer and you might actually end up at price both of you are happy with.My approach as well.Its so easy to just deal with and move on without all the angst
Long Wheel Base Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Asking for a friend, What exactly does "BETTER THAN NEW" mean? Surely new is the best? How do you get better than that? I mean, if you buy it new and upgrade then it's not stock so that can't be considered better, just close to the model above. Dadbod Racing 1
Dadbod Racing Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Asking for a friend, What exactly does "BETTER THAN NEW" mean? Surely new is the best? How do you get better than that? I mean, if you buy it new and upgrade then it's not stock so that can't be considered better, just close to the model above. Good question, so if everything has been replaced with new items then it's again new right? So are there special parts which make it better than new?
piotter Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 All bearings were replaced with ceramic bearings (factory was steel) I think he is valid. At least a 30% improvement right there. Unless all the components were also replaced, and the frame itself, and it hasn't gone on a single ride then merely replacing bearings with better ones does not qualify something as better than new. The bearings might be better, but the bike as a whole is not.
Grease_Monkey Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Unless all the components were also replaced, and the frame itself, and it hasn't gone on a single ride then merely replacing bearings with better ones does not qualify something as better than new. The bearings might be better, but the bike as a whole is not.Ceramic bearings better? Nah... they have to be replaced more often. Big downgrade in my books. Edited March 9, 2020 by Grease_Monkey eddy 1
RobertWhitehead Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Just playing Devil's advocate here and I have a different view: If you list an item for a certain price and you then get lots of offers 30 - 40% lower than your asking price then should you not consider that the item you've listed is worth less than what you've listed it for? (I have no clue what the 2018 Scott is worth - I'm asking for a friend . I mean the item in question is "mint" and "better than new" condition so maybe its worth its current price tag). PS: Hub selling rule no. 1: if you have listed an item and it sits for 4 weeks without a proper response then its time to do some introspection to establish why its not moving T-Bob, Riaan H, Brettowski and 1 other 4
T-Bob Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 What's the old saying? "if you go to a doctor and he tells you to lie down and you don't like it then go see another doctor. If you see 10 doctors and 10 of them tell you to lie down... then lie down." Riaan H, RobertWhitehead and Long Wheel Base 3
Thermophage Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Why? Why exactly? Be more constructive with your feedback...... Did Steve tell you that per chance? Steve!What kind of a rapper name is Steve!? Jewbacca 1
Gnarly Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Clever way to get traffic through your advert, bitch about the classifieds and every one goes an checks your ad.
Nancy Drew Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Yes .... As long as its red, red bikes are always faster! And yet my red bike isn't selling despite a price drop, and maybe even a 'negotiable'. Must be the XS frame .. or the recession..... or it's priced too high or maybe there's a lack of super short cyclists out there
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