eBay Madness - SV650.org

13-01-05, 06:02 PM

Sometimes I just don't get eBay!

The worrying thing is that I'm not sure whether it's the extremely high prices that get me or the extremely low ones that I find crazy. On consideration it's probably some of the unrealistic expectactions people have of what some things are worth.

For example:

i) There's a black K4 with a reserve set for 3950!

ii) I just bought a K1 radiator for a friend for 36 quid.

iii) The same friend just sold a K3 radiator for 185 quid.

I'm not sure which of those events I find the most bizarre!

Sid Squid · 13-01-05, 06:20 PM

I do wonder if some folks have a bit of trouble finding out how much things cost new when they stick their stuff on E-bay, unrealistic prices abound.

K1 rads = not exactly ten-a-penny, but a whole lot easier to come by than a K3 rad, that there is a difference in the prices is only to be expected, buying a rad for £36 is a good price though whatever way you look at it.

13-01-05, 06:58 PM

I guess I've been guilty in the past of both overbidding and also not having a realistic idea of what some things are worth. Then again, you only need one person to buy it at the asking price to make it all worthwhile.

13-01-05, 07:00 PM

And there is some good stuff going cheap at the moment. Typical, when I am so skint

13-01-05, 10:25 PM

yeah some good stuff on there atm I can't get as no dosh, didn't see that rad tho.....

Nice one

13-01-05, 06:02 PM	#1
Mike1234 Guest Posts: n/a	eBay Madness Sometimes I just don't get eBay! The worrying thing is that I'm not sure whether it's the extremely high prices that get me or the extremely low ones that I find crazy. On consideration it's probably some of the unrealistic expectactions people have of what some things are worth. For example: i) There's a black K4 with a reserve set for 3950! ii) I just bought a K1 radiator for a friend for 36 quid. iii) The same friend just sold a K3 radiator for 185 quid. I'm not sure which of those events I find the most bizarre!

13-01-05, 06:20 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	I do wonder if some folks have a bit of trouble finding out how much things cost new when they stick their stuff on E-bay, unrealistic prices abound. K1 rads = not exactly ten-a-penny, but a whole lot easier to come by than a K3 rad, that there is a difference in the prices is only to be expected, buying a rad for £36 is a good price though whatever way you look at it. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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13-01-05, 06:58 PM	#3
Mike1234 Guest Posts: n/a	I guess I've been guilty in the past of both overbidding and also not having a realistic idea of what some things are worth. Then again, you only need one person to buy it at the asking price to make it all worthwhile.

13-01-05, 07:00 PM	#4
Stig Guest Posts: n/a	And there is some good stuff going cheap at the moment. Typical, when I am so skint

13-01-05, 10:25 PM	#5
Iansv Guest Posts: n/a	yeah some good stuff on there atm I can't get as no dosh, didn't see that rad tho..... Nice one