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I know prices are still rising but 90 quid for an Aero Reflex F&F WTF !?!?!?!?

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toys19:
Well I paid 55 for one from stodgy, which i thought was fine, it was about 6 weeks ago when the price started rising because of the xmas bash. On Stodgies part it was blatant profiteering, which I applaud, I knew the oprice would rise as soon as I saw the first XMAS bash notice and I should have moved quick while they were still cheap, my loss. Now I have the f and f I realised what a bargain 55 was, I'm smitten and I wouldnt sell mine for less than 150.

Every single one of us here has profited from something its how all transactions work, if you dont like it you should hand the keys to your house and car back, give up your job and live in sackcloth in the woods.

If enough people did that we would soon see a system of barter develop, along with a rapid grasp of the laws of supply and demand and every one would happily go back to profiteering.      :angrysoapbox:

bobafett:
Ah yes but surely in the retro bmx world the cost and worth and demand of an item is directly linked to it's desire and fame from back in the day not it's actual quality of build and true material value ?? Is a black Kashimax Aero really worth 145 quid when we are talking about it's physical material worth ?? That kind of price is of course driven up partially by supply and demand but primerily because of status-quo and desireability. An aero reflex may indeed sell for 90 quid at some point - it's not that much money for a retro NOS F&F after all - but when it starts getting close to the price of a survivor frame of a well known and more desireable manufacturer from BITD which will we buy then - I know what my decision will be.  :angrysoapbox:

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sweetbeats:
BMX is like anything else "supply-demand".
Nobody forces anyone to pay the prices so no point in bitching if you don't agree with the price keep your wallet closed.
Personally I think biagio is sound he sold me a seat recently NOS 110 posted...i was offered one on here way above that so there are deals to be had and I have found him good to deal with several times (shock horror), credit where credit is due...he was catching the boat when we all missed it..he saw the future and made some money out of old skool kids bike bits...now who would have seen that coming..clever bloke if you ask me.

ozone:
I've dealt with Vert-Ego loads of times and I cannot fault them :daumenhoch: 

It's the other guy who blatantly misdescribes stuff to maximise profits that winds me up.  Some people are into this hobby because they have a genuine love for OSBMX.  Others are just in it for the money, preying on genuine people trying to rebuild the bike they had BITD.
That's what 'grinds my gears'  :tickedoff:

£90 for an Aero Reflex :wtf:

sweetbeats:
I agree...Bitchin don't bring down prices though If I go to Harrods and say oi fayed that viv westwood jumper is overpriced he tell me to go fukeefukee myself.

If the rain stops next year no crops bread goes up...if shiners find 2000 usa trickstars still boxed trickstars go down.....I think we have an economic pattern

emerging here....one more.... the reason why diamonds are expensive is because supply is heavily influenced...if your miners at the diamond mine dig up a golf ball

size stone...it will be released onto the market slowly and with precision and probably in tiny bits...economics.

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