Ebays new suggested prices for sellers - Dawes Galaxy madness 2025 edition

[LondonClassic]

The newish ebay suggested prices algo seems to be upping the ante on certain bikes in a spectacular way. Of course, the suggestions are there to be overruled by a clued up human.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284866737956?

I'm not sure in a month of Sundays the bot would suggest this price. so I am perhaps being unfair. Seller looking to recoup 75% of build price - a price that includes the used frame at £300 (orly?) and £500 for the builder's time (!).

Just £924.72 bags you this beauty.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175135845149?

I suppose its possible with a long running product name like 'Dawes Galaxy' you can get this - the algo can't determine the difference between one made last week and one made 40 years ago - and suggests a crazy price.

 

[Frankenorange]

Possibly the longest links exist on ebay. I think all that carp after the item number and question mark is cookie tracking guff

 

[LondonClassic]

You're right of course @Frankenorange - cleaned up.

 

[averagebiker]

Does this mean I can strip mine and sell the frame for £300 to someone who will spend £2,700 assembling it into a £275-300 bike (on a very good day lol)?

 

[sjcprojects]

eBay’s suggested prices are about 99% of the time absolutely useless. I’m sure they must be responsible for some of the crazy prices out there (never underestimate the laziness of many sellers).

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

That old dog of a Super Galaxy has been on there for ages. I wrote and listed all its non original parts, went down like a cup of cold puke.

 

[LondonClassic]

We seem to be in a place where the bedrock price of a bikes suggested by the bay is at a stratopheric level. That means even if you don't accept the suggested price you do your own reasearch and find those prices (also suggested) are also crazy high. So you stick with a high price.

I started this thread in a ranty mood and the same day started to see quite reasonably priced iron on ebay again ...just not Dawes Galaxy or Super Galaxy. Totally realise I'm a stuck record on this!

 

[bikeworkshop]

You can generally break sellers on ebay into 3 categories.

1: Person genuinely wants to get rid of something
2: Trader wants to sell for what is generally worth
3: Chancer who thinks call a bike retro and stick a nought on the end

 

[Markybeau]

£500 to assemble a bike? £500? Really?

What's it being assembled with, drivel?

 

[bikeworkshop]

£500 to assemble a bike? £500? Really?

What's it being assembled with, drivel?

How about internal hoses through the headset bearings and awkward tubeless tyres...

Go for loose ball bearings and adjustable cones from the headset right down to the pedals, or afull sus with 14 bearings to identify and insert correctly...
double wheel build straight pull onto mavic 819s with an asymmetric 2x3x pattern

Are we nearly there yet?

An old galaxy though, 2hr tops.

Maybe they charge 250/hr?