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Anybody still using eBay for BMX stuff?

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Ady:

--- Quote from: Avro on January 15, 2017, 12:51 PM ---I just followed your links Ady!
That was lucky for me as that was my max. I was very surprised the next morning to find I had won.
The bodies are really quite nice, better than the blue set I traded recently. I also need the cranks for a build so win win.
That said I am very guilty of over spending!

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That's great you won it mate.. fistblump
At least it went to someone who actually needs the bits than the flippers on eBay..

dancetothedrummersbeat:
The odd bargain can still be found on ebay - that panaracer radial freestyle tyre that sold for £15 for instance! Very slim pickings nowadays though. I really can't remember the last bike part i bought on ebay, although i look every day. It's still good for bmx books though

Andyboy77:
The last bits I got of ebay were a DC880-front caliper (mint condition '85 dated 56£), some 2nd gen. GT- fork standers (NOS I guess 50£) and some 2nd gen. GT - frame standers (originaly added for 100£ but got 'em for 50£). Maybe these were bargains compared to the prices that are asked now - especially for those frame and fork standers that I've seen going for 200$ each some moons ago.

In regards of buying parts as a newbie it can be a costly hobby, due to the missing experience about which parts are good and not knowing what a decent price for them would be.
Without the generous help of a member on here, I probably would have paid a lot more for my caliper and the fork standers he got for me of ebay. If I would have been able to find some decent ones anyway.

I would feel pretty lost without having access to the expertise of this site where any question is welcome and help is offered all the time.

As a newbie it was the best thing that could happen (at least to me  :LolLolLolLol:) to find this site. Otherwise I surely would have become a victim of one of those mentioned people who are in this for the cash and not for love, and maybe would've thought 800£ is the usual going rate for a pair of Araya 7x's with Suzue SB-HF hubs.

I may try to find stuff on ebay in the future, but I think I will prefer waiting for the stuff to come up on here.  :daumenhoch:

SDF:
I 99 percent  use ebay. Having to pay TOP DOLLAR :'( lately though, Not many bargains out there, and I spend at least an hour a day surfing.... never going to find my Vincent Airzone forks, more chance of going out for a date with Helena Christensen!!

Glynnyboy:
Most of my time in this hobby has been purchasing bits through ebay. With doing the shifts i do i miss out on a lot of the stuff i need on fb and the forums. It's just how it's worked out in the main.
Just looked round at my semi built TA though and grips, seat and levers were purchased from Rad. Everything else was the bay.

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