What to do when the bikes only take up space?

[Avro]

I have room for all the bikes, for now at least, I love to have them in my front room. No big collection, just four bikes but all are complete.
Some time ago, maybe a year or more, I did contact an online retailer about the bikes possibly being for sale but I never got a reply. I thought I might get a reply, even if negative, but nothing.
I am reluctant to go to Ebay, I once worked at a business that ended up trading on Ebay pretty much exclusively and had to deal with the horrors of fraud first hand: Ebay always paid for the fraud, it was so frustrating. However, as a private seller, I had overwhelmingly positive experience but that was some years ago.
Advice? Please don't say Facebook! Anyway, I am open, other than Facebook!!

[Mikku]

Do you want to sell them all together or individually? If the former, then I guess you'd be looking for another collector and the Museum is probably your best bet for that, if you can deal with the added hassle of overseas shipping. Obviously, it all depends on what you're selling and how much you're asking/wanting, etc, etc. I guess you could always try on here first as well.

[Midschoolfool]

I will be upfront with you I sold mine for stupid money. £2750. For the lot, and it was a lot. Losing the least would mean piecing them out, something I just really couldn't be bothered over. I also won't sell on Ebay because they want total access to your bank account and that ain't happening. So I sold them to a mate and they are gone and I have never felt better about a decision.

The way I look at it is they brought me an awful, awful lot of pleasure and got me through my second divorce. So the loss of money didn't matter one jot as I never spent a penny on them I could not afford to lose.

I am glad I am no longer tripping over the bloody things.

[Avro]

I can not imagine finding a buyer for them as completes but I may be wrong. I really do not want the hassle of breaking them up but I think that may be inevitable. I will certainly try the parts on here first, there is no doubt about that. Still pondering it all. Thank you for the replies.

[Midschoolfool]

Yeah in the 14 years I was into it selling a complete was almost impossible. People just want to build it up themselves in their way which is quite understandable.

Which is why I got what I consider to be hardly anything compared to what I had spent. That said they were like a noose around my neck and I knew one day if mum went before me I would be totally and utterly screwed. So I just thought of something I wanted (a graphics card for my PC) and just let go.

Your stuff will be easier to sell though dude. Mid school stuff is very hard to sell. Also, things are totally on your side because Ebay is now basically empty. For mid school? there was basically nothing left to buy. Even the Facebook groups just completely dried up. I suppose when you have 15 years of high demand then eventually you will literally run out of things to find. That was another thing for me. The last couple of bikes I wanted to build would have cost me ridiculous amounts of money as they are all now in the hands of hoarders and collectors and you know how that is? basically you have to give them that dumb ridiculous price in their head or they simply won't sell it. Gone were the days of finding frames for £100 as they are all gone and people now want £500+ for them.

I did keep 4 which in fairness is 3 too many  but two of them especially were bikes I owned, rode and loved. Oddly they were the least valuable but as I learned then money doesn't buy you a bike you love riding. You get one that feels right... Which is what happened to me. I adored my Schwinn and I then got greedy and basically ruined things. Bike was continually in bits being messed with rather than ridden and enjoyed.