OK, I looked at the specs and he certainly does have a lot more than the asking price invested. However my comments remain, if he's willing to go to the hassle of disassembling and shipping. The bag alone could bring some good money. There's certainly some amount of risk to this plan, but in my watching Riv frame prices on eBay for several months, I think he will always do fine on selling the frame. Steve
On Jun 13, 1:38 pm, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: > My thoughts: 1) Parting out (esp. with new parts) is good because > most parts are not size-specific to the large frame. 2) Of course more > people will be in the market for specific parts a, b or c, rather than > having a large amount of cash for the whole bike 3) Or put another > way, when you're in the market for a bike this expensive, you likely > have some parts of your own/or want to choose them carefully, vs. buy > a built-up bike (this was my personal experience recently). 4) > Specific-sized frame limits the market, but those looking for a large > frame may be willing to buy frame/fork alone. > > Also, it seems his asking price is a bit high; Frame/fork for new riv > is max about $2000, is it not (I'm not talking custom). > > Steve > > On Jun 13, 12:59 pm, Brewster Fong <bfd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On the Serotta board, there's a 62cm Riv Rambo that is basically brand > > new and selling for $2750 compelete. This is one stunning bike - JB > > creamsicle paint, brand new everything else. Here's the link: > > >http://forums.serotta.com/showthread.php?t=91682 > > > Note, for those not members, here are the links to a few pics: > > >http://forums.serotta.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=82382&stc=1 > > >http://forums.serotta.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=82383&stc=1 > > > Anyways, it seems like a pretty good deal, but the owner hasn't gotten > > any interest. One person advised that since most, if not all of the > > parts were new, he would be better off parting it out and selling > > parts/frameset individually. Is this the right strategy? Good Luck!- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
