Anyone here sold a bike on Pistonheads?
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Seems to be even worse than Ebay for the 'stupid offer' people(you know who you are).Im already selling my 2000 TL1000r for what i think is a great price,£2050,a cheap superbike by any stretch of the imagination.So now im getting tempting offers coming in for £1800,and the latest one £1500???Where do they get off?
When i had the GSXR for sale on here ages ago. I had an arsy email from a trader with a rock bottom price. When i pointed out the sale price was the sale price, he came back to say that nobody wanted the bike, it was a really good offer and the market was flooded by people over valuating their bikes.
When i p/ex the bike 2 years later i got more than he offered lol
When i p/ex the bike 2 years later i got more than he offered lol
Agreed hagglers are annoying but if you don't start low, you struggle to knock the seller down at all.
I don't like being cheeky with an offer cos in the eyes of the seller it generally errs towards the insulting rather than the optimistic, but if you don't ask...
That said, it's clear with an asking price of £2050 you want £2000. I'd therefore be offering £1800 with a view to get you taking £1900.
If I offered £1900 as a going-in position you'd be a lot more likely to try and stick to £2000 - wouldn't you? Everyone wants and expects to knock a bit off even if it's offered at an already bargain price.
Perhaps try asking £2250, you are likely to get offers around the £2000 mark...
I don't like being cheeky with an offer cos in the eyes of the seller it generally errs towards the insulting rather than the optimistic, but if you don't ask...
That said, it's clear with an asking price of £2050 you want £2000. I'd therefore be offering £1800 with a view to get you taking £1900.
If I offered £1900 as a going-in position you'd be a lot more likely to try and stick to £2000 - wouldn't you? Everyone wants and expects to knock a bit off even if it's offered at an already bargain price.
Perhaps try asking £2250, you are likely to get offers around the £2000 mark...
You have to remember that for everyone like you who wants a certain price, there will be others who need cash very quickly and will consider mad offers. So, the punters don't know who's on the other end, and if they're prepared to lose the bike (purchase-wise) there's nothing to be lost in sticking in a silly offer - in the end, someone will bite.
The bike mags do it all the time, when they're looking for something for an article, and people cotton on to that too.
The bike mags do it all the time, when they're looking for something for an article, and people cotton on to that too.
I bought my bike from PH. As soon as the seller opened his huge garage I knew I was onto a winner and paid him the full asking price straight up as it was a minter and was offered a £500 profit on it the very next day. I didn't take it BTW.
If you've got it up for the right price you'll sell in the end . It's just waiting for the right buyer and the right offer.
If you've got it up for the right price you'll sell in the end . It's just waiting for the right buyer and the right offer.
C8PPO said:
You have to remember that for everyone like you who wants a certain price, there will be others who need cash very quickly and will consider mad offers. So, the punters don't know who's on the other end, and if they're prepared to lose the bike (purchase-wise) there's nothing to be lost in sticking in a silly offer - in the end, someone will bite.
I don't like doing this but have done it a few times and it works. I've had 25% knocked off the asking price by making what I even thought was a silly offer and it was accepted. As a buyer you have nothing to lose as you can always offer the asking price once the silly offer is rejected!
There's a 98 TLR also for sale for £2900(its just sold) and a 1999 one for £2500!I've probably over reacted to this a little just now as im a little strung out with relationship hassles.I can see the benefits of kicking off with a low offer and working up but when the bikes at a good price in the first place?Just got on my wick a little!
Edited by rumpelstiltskin on Tuesday 30th September 10:47
Edited by rumpelstiltskin on Tuesday 30th September 10:50
rumpelstiltskin said:
Seems to be even worse than Ebay for the 'stupid offer' people(you know who you are).Im already selling my 2000 TL1000r for what i think is a great price,£2050,a cheap superbike by any stretch of the imagination.So now im getting tempting offers coming in for £1800,and the latest one £1500???Where do they get off?
I also don't think there's anything wrong with sticking in a low offer... you can always say no to them. I always make it perfectly clear the lowest price I'll take before letting anyone come over so we don't waste a load of time.What really gets my goat is the sort of bloke who's been told the lowest you'll go on the phone, wastes more than an hour of your time picking over your 5 year old ducati complaining if anything looks used and then sticks in an offer well below the lowest price you said you'd take and then (after being firmly told no) sends you emails asking if you've sold it yet and would you consider his lower price yet. And this is after he's told you he's specifically told you that it this colour he wants and as it's a rare one he's been to see only 2 or 3 bikes in a couple of years and none of them have suited and the only other bike of the same colour on the autotrader site is over £1000 more! Not that I've got any particular time waster in mind
PS. Yes, PH does seem to generate quite a few of these type of phone calls.
Edited by dern on Tuesday 30th September 10:58
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