Am I missing something? I was browsing through ebay looking for any interesting frames/etc and hit on one as brochure sale.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Cycling-/7294/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=bikes+brochure

Something sinister? Is there a market for them?

i can see a market for old ones, nostalgia and all that, but most of those seem quite recent.

I know/exactly.

People exist to buy any shit.

If ebay teaches us anything, its that there isn’t a single solitary thing on all gods earth, no matter how weird or pointless, that someone won’t buy

agree with Binners….

Also, If I had a bike shop and a responsible attitude to recycling (i have neither) then I’d flog them to some nostalgic type that has more money than sense…

People exist to buy any shit.

mate of mine got £10 for an empty Nintendo game box. That means two people were prepared to pay £9 for it

E bay leads to some interesting behaviour which goes past acquiring a bargain.

I’ve sold stuff for more than you could have bought it for.

WTF.

mate of mine got £10 for an empty Nintendo game box. That means two people were prepared to pay £9 for it

I suspect that’s a case of Unable To Read Syndrome. It’s quite common. I’ve seen people pay £100’s for iPhone boxes. Imagine their disappointment, etc.

Why?

1) Because there’s a market for them
2) Free ebay listing every other weekend = no loss if they don’t sell
3) The alternative is chucking them in the recycling

I’ve listed/sold a couple recently. I don’t really care why people want them.

Right….. The brochures are FOR SALE. Nobody has actually bought them….. 🙂

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mate of mine got £10 for an empty Nintendo game box. That means two people were prepared to pay £9 for it

I suspect that’s a case of Unable To Read Syndrome

No its “I’ve been burgled and I plan to rinse my insurers for every penny I can by buying packaging for products I’ve never owned as thats all thats required to satisfy the insurance co’s request for a proof of ownership” syndrome.

Sold an old Spooky photocopied one for a tenner a few years ago.

I don’t really care why people want them.

Amen to that. Fact is they do.

I suspect that’s a case of Unable To Read Syndrome. It’s quite common. I’ve seen people pay £100’s for iPhone boxes. Imagine their disappointment, etc.

Yes, there also seemed to be a lot of people bidding large amounts of money for a ‘picture’ of an Olympic Torch a few months back.

No its “I’ve been burgled and I plan to rinse my insurers for every penny I can by buying packaging for products I’ve never owned as thats all thats required to satisfy the insurance co’s request for a proof of ownership” syndrome.

I’d say bingo however you can get brochures from a bike shop?

On empty boxes though- I can see why…

I’ve got some brochures from the 90s… wonder how much they’d go for..
(Scott, Cannondale, RM, Santa Cruz if anyone wants to make me an offer 🙂 )

i made £60 selling four howies catalogues from 2006/7 to some design agency on ebay. catalogues that were free at the time.

if there’s a market for stuff, why not try to sell it?

Iveamate who sold the stubs, stubs not the tickets, off his Olympic Tickets (he had 4 stubs, 2 from the Pentathalon (£140 ea)and 2 from the Blind Long Jump £100ea)

He got..

Wait for it..

£385 for the 4 stubs.