If you see a bike in the for sale that is ridiculously overpriced should you

A say nothing and move on

B go steaming in and harrangue the seller and offer what you think it is worth which the seller may be offended by?

Which one? is it the £1200 one?

I’d mail them with an offer, explaining why.

If you’re seriously interested in buying it, give an offer and if there’s no room for a sensible compromise, move on, no harm done. People naturally like to push their luck on price IMO so what’s the worst that can happen?

Tom glad its not just me.

I wouldn’t post up on their thread that you think its overpriced, just send them an email with an offer if you are interested.

I have, on occasion, broken the taboo and posted publicly in the thread that the price they are asking is bat-shit crazy.

This has only been on a small number of occasions, where the asking price was truly ridiculous.

I don’t feel like it would of hurt the sellers chances as no one in their right mind would be spending £1200 on *that*!

You don’t have to go steaming in and meringue ( ❓ ) the guy, there is a third option. How about politely emailing and saying something like “I’m genuinely interested in buying your bike but I only have £ ??? to spend and I think that’s a fair offer for what it is”

Pretty much what the others have said actually

This one?

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-cotic-bfe-16-full-bike-like-new-1

If you are not interested in buying it then option A is the correct one.

If you are interested then mail directly with a price and see what happens.

It’s sometimes hard to get the asking price right IMO. If I’m selling something and have a silly asking price I’d be quite happy to be told rather than ignored.

Edit: If you’re interested in it of course. Jumping all over threads just to make a point is a bit silly IMO.

Mind you, the seller did ask for advice on the price yesterday and got no responses from anyone so you can’t completely blame him for over pricing it.

If you are interested in buying then a bit of wrestling over the price is fair enough.

If you are just sticking your beak in, what’s it have to do with you? Do you need to get involved?

Theres been a few recently.

If you are just sticking your beak in, what’s it have to do with you? Do you need to get involved?

Because maybe, just maybe, they are looking out for people so they don’t get ripped off?

So what do you think it is worth then?

It’s become a banning offence to post directly on a FS thread querying the price.

Looking for about £1200 but open to sensible offers.

So make a sensible offer?

Because maybe, just maybe, they are looking out for people so they don’t get ripped off?

This isn’t some kind of hippy commune. It’s pretty easy to work out the market price for something with the invention of the internet. If folk don’t have the gumption to do a bit of research (buyers and sellers) then it’s their problem.

This isn’t some kind of hippy commune. It’s pretty easy to work out the market price for something with the invention of the internet. If folk don’t have the gumption to do a bit of research (buyers and sellers) then it’s their problem.

Really?

I mean

Really?

You’re happy to sit by watching people get ripped off?

Nothing like a bit of community spirit I guess.