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Are we killing this hobby with our prices?

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bigfatolly:
Just a bit of healthy debate.....

Been keeping my eye on for sale threads,eBay,Facebook etc and prices seem to be way over the top now,even for bang average stuff.
Very little high end items are coming up for sale now,although when it does it gets snapped up.
I have just split a build and I try and make my prices low so that I can sell quickly and the gear goes to someone on here who will appreciate it.
I really think if we keep trying to sell stuff too high,no one will buy it and the hobby will slowly die.
I have 3 bikes left out of the 5 I had ,I will split one more but I really cannot see me building another as whatever I build will cost over a grand as I like to use quality parts.
I have got into Grifters lately and may do one or two of them as parts are way cheaper and you can pick up a decent complete rider for £50-£75.
As it's the building I enjoy it's starting to be a no brainer as I think I will get the same fun out of building a Grifter as I would a BMX.
I just think with everyone wanting big money for stuff and hoarding it all as they want to sell big ,soon it won't be worth fook all as nobody will be building.
Thoughts??

Gnarlyscoots:
The trouble I seem to get is selling for the prices I paid. I do want back what I pay for things if I sell but some seem to think the prices are high. When I buy from the US, I dont add the custom charges as some do, just my initial outlay and postage. Is that not right?

Like you, I like to build and ride it. When I get bored, I split, sell and use the funds to build something else.

Too many hoarders now imo. Just look at some of the pictures of hoards people post on FB. Certain items are really hard to get and for us impatient guys, its hard lol. If you're not using things guys, share the love. I mean, I will sell it a couple of months down the line. You can buy it back at same price  :daumenhoch:

boofy44:
it seems like some people get impatient and pay over the the odds for things then
still want back more than they themselves paid.then the fooker that buys said item
from them then does the same thing and a vicious circle starts.either that or a lot
of sellers are just fookin bellends.i cant believe some of the prices people ask for
stuff that was cheap crap back in the 80's,certainly on the rad facebook page
and the facebook old school sales and trades page.

bigfatolly:
Don't get me started on that Facebook selling page,some of the threads on there are pure comedy with some of the shit that gets posted.
The way I see it, I bought a lot of my stuff when prices were low,or I got lucky with completes I bought or stuff I got in trades in the early days.
I have been pretty canny with stuff I have bought over the years as I am tight but I don't really sell for what I have paid for stuff as I think,well,I have had the fun out of it so I sell it on cheap to get shot,nothing worse than splitting a build and being left with a load of it lying around in boxes.....

Betty:
I've lost money on almost everything I've sold, must be doing summat wrong  :-\

Agree with the above, some right shite gets touted on faceache and owt decent is way overpriced

Sold my last remaining old bike a couple of weeks ago doubt I'll be building anymore  :-\

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