Selling your bike

[Boeing]

Ebay, craigs?? Complete or part it out?

what works best for you?

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

I have purchased bike parts on Ebay. Parts that were not available at our local shop. It worked out well, even coming from Bangkok...

Never bought or sold a complete bike though except through the local shop.

I did sell some big non-bike stuff on CraigsList, and that worked very well. So if I ever sold a bike I would try Craigs first because we have a lot of local cyclists and it seems everyone checks Craigs. I'd try that first to avoid packing and shipping.

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

At your local race organization website forums, always have a classified section where bikes and parts move fast. Craigslist as a last resort, at lest it still keeps it local. Ebay for collector items only, small parts. The logistics of selling stuff on ebay is only worth the trouble if your profit margin is high, more than 40%

 

[ElChingon]

At the yearly bike swap meet, have sold and bought. Best thing is you get to take it for a spin and haggle, pick up missing parts, upgrade, and even re-sell the same day

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Roadbikereview classifieds and eBay have worked well for me.

 

[ustabe]

Ebay, craigs?? Complete or part it out?

what works best for you?

Depends on the bike. I think RDV4ROUBAIX qualifies it very nicely.

 

[dsut4392]

Ebay, craigs?? Complete or part it out?

what works best for you?

Are there any 'local' forums around your parts?

Local swap meets?

I've used eBay for parts with good results but haven't sold a complete bike since before the internet (ok, before the www at least!).

If the parts and or frame are good (condition & quality) then parting it out would probably make you more $, at the cost of a whole lot more work (writing item descriptions and posting photos etc on eBay, answering questions if any, hassling the odd lazy/changed-my-mind type bidder for payment, postage etc).
OTOH, shipping a complete bike can be a nightmare at least here in AUS.