Bike Sale... So What Am I Doing Wrong?

[know your limitations]

Thanks guys for the input. Glad to see I'm not totally out with my approach to selling. Hard to know where to start with your responses but here goes.....

Have you tried phoning round a few dealers

Did that prior to advertising, to try for a no-nonsense sale..... The £1800 best offer by a bike dealer for a straight purchase is looking more attractive by the day :'(

oh, and you have let chancers know you have to get shot of it.

I have put that I'm only selling because I really need a car.
Didn't stop one clown asking if I'd take his 1998 VFR 800 plus £500!?

me i'd buy it £6,66 lol

Thought I recognised the ebay name Luke. I take it you received my auto decline for your offer  :lol
If I'd accepted your £6.66 for a whole bike, that would have made the belly pan you bought off me, the most expensive piece of plastic ever  :eek

I also think that Classified Adverts perform far less well than auctions.

In my experience, Classifieds with best offer on Ebay always get me what I want and make the best sense cost and timewise.
£16 one-off fee for 28 days, no final value fee, plus you can weed out the nonsense automatically with your offer acceptance parameters.
AND you don't have to wait til the end of an auction only to be told lots of BS excuses for why the winning bidder can't proceed. :rolleyes


I'm gonna stick to my guns for now. My previous bikes have taken about 3 weeks to sell for what I wanted. It's just that I normally have a LOT more (reasonably) decent offers to consider before the right one comes along.
I'll put it down to the Olympics... for now