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Title: negative equity
Post by: WARDY on September 19, 2008, 09:42 AM
anyone else got it in their bmx builds, i know i have loads :LolLolLolLol: thinking of doing a merger with radman :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: meticulous on September 19, 2008, 04:39 PM
yeah! so your VDC is only worth 500quid now... :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: davevilla on September 19, 2008, 09:36 PM
anyone else got it in their bmx builds, i know i have loads :LolLolLolLol: thinking of doing a merger with radman :LolLolLolLol:

Yes mate - most of them...
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: bmxer4ever on September 19, 2008, 10:58 PM
If you take the £600 I dropped on my Micromachine complete and the £200 I've spent on it since, then I'm probably lookin' at MAJOR neg eq.!

And the next one's probably gonna cost even more.......

Mind you, if it rides as good as i think it will, I don't give a damn!

OS stuff looks a nightmare for neg. eq. most of the time. Unless it's a Gen 1 or Mk1 Condor...
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: Dark Diggler on September 21, 2008, 08:03 AM
Is it not the same as renovating say an old MGB at a cost of £10,000 only to find its worth £5,000 if you were to sell?

Negative equity only exists if you were expecting a profit from a given project. If you want to make a profit dont renovate or restore stuff like bikes and cars :daumenhoch:

Then again, if you make a small profit from such a hobby its a bonus and good on ya :)
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: WARDY on September 21, 2008, 09:17 AM
Is it not the same as renovating say an old MGB at a cost of £10,000 only to find its worth £5,000 if you were to sell?

Negative equity only exists if you were expecting a profit from a given project. If you want to make a profit dont renovate or restore stuff like bikes and cars :daumenhoch:

Then again, if you make a small profit from such a hobby its a bonus and good on ya :)

i aint built em to gain Mr D  :daumenhoch: ive built em for meself and to keep, i was just saying that a complete build costs more than what it would be worth on the market as a complete build :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: Dark Diggler on September 21, 2008, 10:07 AM
I hear ya  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on September 21, 2008, 10:15 AM
Negative equity on old school bikes is relative to the time, when i started my first old school build in 2002 dcmx1000s were 30. In 2002 maybe at 30 they would have been negative equity, but try getting mx1000s now for 30.

Anyway the bikes look better than a 100 a week drink gambling or drug habit which most of my pals like to restore  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: WARDY on September 21, 2008, 10:35 AM


Anyway the bikes look better than a 100 a week drink gambling or drug habit which most of my pals like to restore  :LolLolLolLol:

to true Paul  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: OrgasmDonor on September 21, 2008, 10:52 AM
absolutaly non of mine :daumenhoch: coz i bide my time to find the parts i want at a price i like and don't get sucked into this nos trap, i build mid school mainly too and the prices have gone up considerably since i started as everything was pennies, literally, when i started puttin bikes together :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: ron burgundy on September 21, 2008, 11:17 AM
No, I'll be a few grand up if i sell mine...

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Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: THIRSTYKIRSTY on September 21, 2008, 11:26 AM
THIS COST A FORTUNE

AND WORTH NOWT

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Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: OrgasmDonor on September 22, 2008, 09:02 AM
thats bang on the money russ, i wouldnt worry about gettin back what you paid for that, if ya can hang on to it for a wee tad longer than normal that is :daumenhoch:

if any body is building for a return, then patience is the key, just because someone posts stuff for sale at stoopidly hiked prices and they sell, it doesnt/shouldnt set a precedent for parts pricing, its all down to timing i reckon, still bargains to be had, and still plenty of people who will pay over the odds to finish a build or impulse buy a bike that theyve always wanted, splitting bikes is the only way to get a return IMO, as its gotta be a rare, classic monster build to get top dollar for a full bike.

Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: Jt on September 23, 2008, 07:29 PM
remember the thread about 6 months ago about someone putting their life savings into old school parts ???

wonder what there thoughts are now ???
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: THIRSTYKIRSTY on September 24, 2008, 02:03 PM
think you will find em down on the park bench j.t with some cider and fudge for chuffin

r :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: Jt on September 24, 2008, 02:08 PM
i'm fooking glad its all gone a bit tits up really..

it was all getting a bit out of hand really...

means we can all probably buy the stuff we really want for reasonable money again.

Title: Re: negative equity
Post by: dialledbikes on September 24, 2008, 03:04 PM
I've never lost money on NOS stuff, but I expect to lose money on stuff which I've ridden.
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