PH Bike classifieds. Any success?

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As it is free I have put an advert in but am curious as to whether anyone has had any success with selling on there lately?

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Cheers for the reply. It was likely to be autotrader for bikes or Ebay as my next option.

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Good job it is free then as it appears to be fairly useless as a means of advertising.......

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I have to admit I have the same reservations about selling on ebay or even buying.

Out of curiosity though I will put it up on ebay and see if it gives a different response.

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nervous said:

eBay is also mostly useless for selling bikes, as it's no longer a place people go to buy, only to graze. I have my 1199R for sale there at the moment and I have loads of watchers and about a squillion views (and not only because my advert features the word 'minge', though that's probably helping) but not a single enquiry, despite it being the lowest price & lowest mileage bike for sale. All I ask is that someone give me all their money. Is that really so much to ask?

Edited by nervous on Friday 1st May 00:00

PMSL you really did create some advert there.

Anyway back to the real world, how do you/we sell a bike?

• I have considered the MCN pages but find the whole idea of 'paper' so last year. Is it still a good channel for bike sales?

• PH is possibly the least read classifieds in the universe? I sold my 997 Porsche on here years ago but my Lexus and my Toyota gained no interest at all. My R1 might as well be a pound for all the interest it is generating.

• Ebay _ The damn place scares me but I did have to resort to it this week, to sell a watch and despite the lack of initial enthusiasm the price wasn't terrible.

• Autotrader - Not many bikes for sale on there and but every car I have put up there recently has garnered some interest and eventually sold.

Question? Anything Better?

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