On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Chris Birkenmaier <cbirken...@gmail.com> wrote:
> With the internet it's pretty easy to establish a selling or going price > for bikes and components. In an auction they do add a buyers premium or > penalty for a purchase. Just me but if listed something on this forum I > would not add in a grater profit since it is the forum versus a pure > financial vehicle such as eBay I tend to do this as well - if I'm offering something up to this, or the iBob list, it's almost never for a profit, if so it's in the few dollars range, and in many cases it's at a loss or as a "pay-it-forward" transaction. When I have something that I know could turn a profit and help fund further bike interests, I typically turn to other venues - these are often items that I would tend to think wouldn't be of interest to the audience of said lists anyhow. I've historically funded my bike hobby, to the point where I fully funded brand-new complete bikes, by flipping bikes on Craigslist - hipsters pay a tax there, for a cleaned up and stripped down single speed or fixie conversion, and I keep the parts I stripped off for future builds or for recycling to this community. There are few transaction I make to bring new items in that haven't been self-funded this way, and I think it's nice to pass on the extra bits that I might have to other enthusiasts here in this community for a fair price and with a clear conscience. I suppose I may have been taken advantage of on some occasions, but if so, I haven't felt it in any way. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
