Selling Bicycles On Gumtree

[Wester]

I have been trying to sell a couple of good quality bicycles on Gumtree at what I consider to be a reasonable price and I have not had no buyers only a couple of offers which I have turned down . I thought that selling bikes on Gumtree was easy enough

Have you ever sold or bought a bike on Gumtree ? if you have let me know about it

 

[roadrash]

why not advertise them in the for sale section on here ??

 

[ukbikes]

Why Gumtree? Have you considered Ebay?

 

[jonny jeez]

I have been trying to sell a couple of good quality bicycles on Gumtree at what I consider to be a reasonable price and I have not had no buyers only a couple of offers which I have turned down . I thought that selling bikes on Gumtree was easy enough

Have you ever sold or bought a bike on Gumtree ? if you have let me know about it

According to the advert, selling on gumtree and Spock or whatever...is simple if you are an attractive 22 year old blonde female looking to flog a charge plug for £60.

Perhaps this is where you are going wrong.

 

[ChrisV]

I have not had no buyers

Panic over, he's sold them.

 

[PeteXXX]

Preloved is another site to try if you don't want to use eBay.

 

[biggs682]

I have been trying to sell a couple of good quality bicycles on Gumtree at what I consider to be a reasonable price and I have not had no buyers only a couple of offers which I have turned down . I thought that selling bikes on Gumtree was easy enough

Have you ever sold or bought a bike on Gumtree ? if you have let me know about it

@Wester i use gumtree to advertise bikes i have for sale and have noticed over the last year that i am also not getting the response i use to get , and looking at the amount of repeat adverts i am not alone

Preloved is or use to be good but i got my account suspended as they classified my adverts as trade sales ??

i have used e bay but the fees put me off from using it more

Cyclechat and other cycling forums are other places i try with mixed results

i think in general the 2 nd hand bike market is a bit quiet because you can walk into halfords amongst others and walk out again with a new bike quite cheaply

 

[brucers]

You could try looking on facebook for local selling sites.
Biggs is right about cheap and new, many people ignore quality in this throw away society.

 

[Cycleops]

I think may be to do with the flood of cheap new bikes from China, most would probably buy one of them rather than going second hand, unless they are enthusiasts. Down here you can get a reasonable 'home used' bike for between $50/100. The shopping mall stores are selling new Chinese bikes for $100/150, alloy frame and wheels, Shimano shifters.

 

[Wester]

What quality are these Chinese bikes high average or low ? and which high street stores sell them

 

[biggs682]

What quality are these Chinese bikes high average or low ? and which high street stores sell them

a lot depends on what the buyer expects , i dont see the attraction of riding around on anew bike myself give me a good old retro bike any day

 

[brucers]

a lot depends on what the buyer expects , i dont see the attraction of riding around on anew bike myself give me a good old retro bike any day

Somewhat ironically I've just ordered a new bike for myself for the first time ever. A Wilier Asolo, although 2013 version.

 

[Cycleops]

Somewhat ironically I've just ordered a new bike for myself for the first time ever. A Wilier Asolo, although 2013 version.

Why is it they use names which are prone to comedic interpretation?

 

[DCLane]

I tend to use eBay but this isn't really bike-buying time unless people are looking for cheap 'winter' bikes or are students.

Gumtree, who are owned by eBay, appears to be losing traffic and customers to Shpock and others.

 

[brucers]

Why is it they use names which are prone to comedic interpretation?

No idea but I've got an extra large one!