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Is that the best you got? OK.. now my TURN...
Gentlemen...
Lets be nice...
Thats a good question to ask though...
I've found that most, not all, but most... of the attendees of the swapmeets are guys looking to get rid of their junk and guys like me, looking to get junk cheap...
I personally wouldnt look to make a lot of money on a pristine bike at a swapmeet... Most of the guys there are looking to build their own projects. Every time I see a pristine bike for sale, I'll oggle a bit then walk away, not even bothering to ask how much, because I want to look throught the bins & etc.. for that "thing" I want/need
I think KillerD's comment about posting up on kijiji/craigslist/GTAM & etc... is really the best way to attract the kind of buyer you want for that bike...
When I sell a bike, and its pristine... I always get Im looking for - $4500 - $5500 and its never bike specific, (ie: a cb450, cb550,...). I always an particular audience, qualify the people interested, then match up a buyer with a bike...
The only time I sold a bike at a swapmeet was a non running Norton Command0, I picked up for $100 a week before then sold for $1500 at the Paris swapmeet...
What Im saying is that.. come to the swapmeet with $200 look throught the bins, bags, tents & boxes and buy the $10-$20 items and come home wiht a lot of loot...
Now if you want to sell your bike for undermarket price, then bring it along.. for sure you'll find a buyer but you just wont get the kind of money you could get if you try to sell it to some rich, cash-plenty hipster wanna-be who lives in Queen St. W who just happened to see your ad on Kijiji
Lets be nice...
Thats a good question to ask though...
I've found that most, not all, but most... of the attendees of the swapmeets are guys looking to get rid of their junk and guys like me, looking to get junk cheap...
I personally wouldnt look to make a lot of money on a pristine bike at a swapmeet... Most of the guys there are looking to build their own projects. Every time I see a pristine bike for sale, I'll oggle a bit then walk away, not even bothering to ask how much, because I want to look throught the bins & etc.. for that "thing" I want/need
I think KillerD's comment about posting up on kijiji/craigslist/GTAM & etc... is really the best way to attract the kind of buyer you want for that bike...
When I sell a bike, and its pristine... I always get Im looking for - $4500 - $5500 and its never bike specific, (ie: a cb450, cb550,...). I always an particular audience, qualify the people interested, then match up a buyer with a bike...
The only time I sold a bike at a swapmeet was a non running Norton Command0, I picked up for $100 a week before then sold for $1500 at the Paris swapmeet...
What Im saying is that.. come to the swapmeet with $200 look throught the bins, bags, tents & boxes and buy the $10-$20 items and come home wiht a lot of loot...
Now if you want to sell your bike for undermarket price, then bring it along.. for sure you'll find a buyer but you just wont get the kind of money you could get if you try to sell it to some rich, cash-plenty hipster wanna-be who lives in Queen St. W who just happened to see your ad on Kijiji
