I think Bill makes a very good point about resale value. When I first read this post, I'll admit some concern at Rivendell pricing themselves out of the market. I thought 'Wow, I could buy a pretty damned good custom for $2700." Simon Firth here in Philly makes amazing lugged frames/forks for $2500. He was the head builder at Bilenky for many years. But with a stock Rivendell, you get top-notch custom quality, that wonderful Riv ride, and–should you decide to eventually sell it–at least half of the price back on a five or even ten-year-old frame. You'd be lucky to get a fourth of the original cost when reselling most customs.
Eric On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 12:26:48 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I think nick b is probably right in his interpretation of Rivs BLUG typo. > It's not clear to me whether the HHH Tandem frames needed to be included at > all. The HHH tandem is $1800, and they have just a few in stock. There's > no plan to do another run, and the 'costs' of the ones in stock aren't > changing. So, they will either stay at $1800, or they will go up just > because that's the price they should have been in the first place. It's > hard to say. It's a smart move to buy sooner rather than later, at any > rate. > > This does feed into the pretty-darn-good resale value of Rivendells in > general. Since Rivendell doesn't have 'model years', you could have a 10 > year old Atlantis that you bought for $1500. Sell it as a used frame and > fork for $1000, and it'll get snapped up in minutes. You got a 10 year > rental of an Atlantis for $500, and your buyer feels like they won the > lottery. It's pretty great for that situation. It's not so great for > somebody who knee-jerk buys a new Rivendell and then two months later > decides s/he doesn't want it. That seller wants 80% of retail, and few > people want to buy used at that price. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 10:43:23 PM UTC-8, nick b wrote: >> >> The prices are going up $100 from $1300 to $1400. >> > -- 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.
