The big sales slowdown

[27motorhead]

Yes, that was my sale. Genuinely surprised too that everything went (except rockshox) so quickly. Posted it at 5pm Saturday evening and by 10pm almost all sold reserved pending payment. Couple of reflections from me:

1. I decided to advertise including postage to minimise usual “what does it cost” messages back and forth. Simplified communication and steps to buy massively.

2. Decided to just accept PayPal goods as standard. Give buyer the protection they deserve. Interestingly many added an extra bit on cover the fee, when I did not ask. Nice gesture and totally voluntary by each buyer.

3. I take a lot of time to clean components, do good photography, responsive in communication and even document wrapped packages for insurance purposes. I hope this gives every buyer confidence not going to be had / duped.

Seemed to work well

I put it all down to your immaculate bench top in all the photos!

 

[al-onestare]

@raidan73 are we doing this again in a few weeks? It seemed to work pretty well last year...

 

[M-Power]

I think renewed interest in retro thanks to the Malverns will give sales a much needed shot in the arm. I hope so anyway.

 

[Tootyred]

I was going to suggest re launching my "black friday" sales idea from last year.

That might help bump up some sales.....

If @raidan73 is up for doing his administrative bit again.

Its apparently 29th Nov this year.

Plenty of time to sort the cave to search for treasure.

 

[Twozaskars]

I can't see that one bike show is going to put spare money in peoples pockets to spend on what I imagine are mostly 'Dad's' hobbies 7 weeks before Christmas.

 

[The History Man]

Look what I got for Christmas

All good here.

 

[Tootyred]

You getting the wheels for your birthday?

 

[The History Man]

I shall ride on bloody stumps.

 

[Once A Hero]

When is '90's MTB stuff going to hit UK bike jumbles in a decent volume?
I went to 'The Big One' at the weekend, it's my closest and past experience suggests that there is no point travelling too far to these events as the MTB stuff is generally slim pickings.
Same again this time, perhaps worse than previous years. There were a few DX mechs and an XT spd or two, but nothing to match the swathes of vintage road stuff.
I guess it may just be because the MTB scene doesn't stretch anywhere near as far back as the road scene, but I live in hope each time I attend (though I keep saying I won't be doing that again...).

 

[raidan73]

I was going to suggest re launching my "black friday" sales idea from last year.

That might help bump up some sales.....

If @raidan73 is up for doing his administrative bit again.

Its apparently 29th Nov this year.

Plenty of time to sort the cave to search for treasure.

I'll have to refresh my memory but yes, happy to