advise on selling a bike on ebay

[5hort5]

It's 18 quid for two weeks on the web and if the bike is prices right they seem to go really fast. last bike I had went to a caller who called 3 hours after I had posted and drove up fromLondon to collect, paid in cash as well.

Originally Posted by BILLY

It is better that you start off with a higher starting bid also it's cheeper to list also make sure the auction ends on a weekend as you will have more people ready to bid! And be honest with your descripion and get a deposit via paypal and cash on collection that way they can't back out!

It's only cheaper if your bike doesn't sell. If you put a reserve on and it sells for that amount you get your reserve back which is £3.00. It works out exactly the same but if you start low with a reserve you'll generate loads of interest, bids and watchers. I would go for that IMHO

anyone tried MCN ?

Originally Posted by hovis

anyone tried MCN ?

Not tried selling there but bought the zed from there.

Originally Posted by arenalife

99p and no reserve!

High starting bids are a put off and reserves are terrible. If you have a cast iron price you must achieve, use a second ID to bump it up to that. If it didn't get there it wasn't worth that to anyone.

that is the best way to sell anything on e-bay, i think that its not 100% alowed though so be carefull if you go down that road.

Ive bought a bike and sold a bike on ebay, no problems on either. I guess its just down to personal experiance and who you end up dealing with.

good luck however you do it.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by muffles

and in my case I will watch that auction instead of just ignoring it because it's too high.

in my case I will ignore an auction if there's a reserve because i will assume the reserve is too high.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by 5hort5

paid in cash as well.

Next time you're selling a bike let me know. I've got 3 grand in buttons wearing a hole in my pocket if you'll accept them instead

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

that is the best way to sell anything on e-bay, i think that its not 100% alowed though so be carefull if you go down that road.

Not only that, but it is illegal and is exactly the same as "shill bidding" at a real life auction.

I got a phonecall from autotrader, saying they had seen my bike in scot-ads and offered me a discount for selling, instead of the £44 they'd do it for £30 for all 3, scottish biketrader, autotrader and online, but had to do it over the phone. I have no way of checking if it is genuine although it did sound it, I have never heard of this before, and there is so many scams going on which makes me worry slightly. I didn't think they'd be into cold calling, and I have no way of checking if the phone number that called me is genuine. Anyone else had this before?

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Originally Posted by on yer bike

I got a phonecall from autotrader, saying they had seen my bike in scot-ads and offered me a discount for selling, instead of the £44 they'd do it for £30 for all 3, scottish biketrader, autotrader and online, but had to do it over the phone. I have no way of checking if it is genuine although it did sound it, I have never heard of this before, and there is so many scams going on which makes me worry slightly. I didn't think they'd be into cold calling, and I have no way of checking if the phone number that called me is genuine. Anyone else had this before?

I have heard of it, happened to me yonks ago when I was selling a Hilux.
I told them to whistle, and they tried again in a week or so.