This dude is hoping, £50 more than you can buy it new!
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You think Orange charge a lot
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Posted 1 year ago #
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It never ceases to amaze me how much some folk think 2nd hand kit is worth.
What amazes me more though is that idiots pay it. Witness the second hand ski crampons I bid on which went for £5 over the new price plus p&p.
Bizarre
Posted 1 year ago # -
I've sold quite a few used items on Ebay for more than they cost new, it's so strange. People just get caught up in the bidding I guess (I started them all with sensible prices, honestly!)
Posted 1 year ago # -
it's worth every penny. it doesn't have a chain...therefore you don't need to pedal...therefore IT'S A MAGIC BIKE!
Posted 1 year ago # -
A mate used to work in a motorbike shop which had a new and 2nd hand dept. He once sold a yr old bike for more than the punter could have bought it new across the road in the new dept. He claims there had been a new price cut he didn't know about but what was the buyer thinking of! He also told me about punters who were not interested in the price of the bike-all they wanted to know was how much would it cost per week on a loan even though they would pay nearly half the loan in interest
Posted 1 year ago # -
Also he doesn't mention that its got a CCDB shock... odd...
Posted 1 year ago # -
ddmonkey - no it doesn't, it has a
Rear Shock - Fox Float RP23 XV
Posted 1 year ago # -
TBH im shocked that it DOESNT have a THOMPSON seatpost !!!!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Just seen the upgrades at the bottom
Custom Colours - Cherry Black
Rear Shocks - Cane Creek Double Barrel
Headset - Hope ZS Tapered
Disc Brakes - Hope Tech M4, Shimano SLX R Fire +
Hope Stainless BB
2011 36 FLOAT RLC FIT WHITE 20QR 1.5 TAPEREDStill only comes to £3800 though, not sure where he pulled £4300 from
Posted 1 year ago # -
Looking on the Orange site, the Tech M4 brake upgrade for a Five Pro is +£40, on a Five AM its +£190! How do they work that out, talk about bike-ist.
Posted 1 year ago # -
A 5 AM comes with Elixir's hence the higher upgrade over a Pro which has X2's.
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TBH im shocked that it DOESNT have a THOMPSON seatpost !!!!
I think even some Thomsons stick up these daysAren't those onza chill pills on the brakes ?
Posted 1 year ago # -
which forks are they...have they got that Kashima coating..they are expensive
Posted 1 year ago # -
But it can also TIME TRAVEL.....
Orange Five Pro Am 2011 Top Top Spec
Unfortunately i purchased it in dec 2010 but...
So that's got to be worth something surely?Posted 1 year ago # -
ddmonkey - Member
Also he doesn't mention that its got a CCDB shock... odd...
Except he does near the bottom.
morgs - Member
ddmonkey - no it doesn't, it has a
Rear Shock - Fox Float RP23 XV
Except the picture clearly shows a CCDB.
He's obviously cut and paste a spec from some website then added a bit of info at the bottom. Hence the Plasma Blue / Cherry Black colour confusuion.
I always price kit fairly, and err on the cheap side - if ive decided to get shut I want it gone yesterday. However, folk like this bloke can ask what they want for stuff - they just wont get it from me. Live and let live & Caveat Emptor spring to mind.
Posted 1 year ago # -
tthew - that's "normal" with Orange (and others). 2012 spec bikes are on sale now.
Posted 1 year ago # -
wow - a magic, time travelling awesome bike....
I'll let you have it
Posted 1 year ago # -
tthew - that's "normal" with Orange (and others). 2012 spec bikes are on sale now.
Damn my stupiditity**shuffles off to lick window.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Standard price is £2999.99 + the following
Custom Colours - Cherry Black + £100
Rear Shocks - Cane Creek Double Barrel + £250
Headset - Hope ZS Tapered + £52
Disc Brakes - Hope Tech M4, Shimano SLX R Fire + £190
Hope Stainless BB + £60
2011 36 FLOAT RLC FIT WHITE 20QR 1.5 TAPERED + £210making it £3861.99 at retail; still not cheap, but not as the OP states.
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why do we care? if he wants to put it up at that price, so be it. if some one is stupid enough to actually pay that then so be it.
remember, something is only worth as much as someone else is willing to pay for it!
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Standard price is £2999.99 + the following
Custom Colours - Cherry Black + £100
Rear Shocks - Cane Creek Double Barrel + £250
Headset - Hope ZS Tapered + £52
Disc Brakes - Hope Tech M4, Shimano SLX R Fire + £190
Hope Stainless BB + £60
2011 36 FLOAT RLC FIT WHITE 20QR 1.5 TAPERED + £210making it £3861.99 at retail; still not cheap, but not as the OP states.
OPEN YOUR EYES MAN! WHY DO YOU THINK I WROTE THIS!
Just seen the upgrades at the bottom
Custom Colours - Cherry Black
Rear Shocks - Cane Creek Double Barrel
Headset - Hope ZS Tapered
Disc Brakes - Hope Tech M4, Shimano SLX R Fire +
Hope Stainless BB
2011 36 FLOAT RLC FIT WHITE 20QR 1.5 TAPEREDStill only comes to £3800 though, not sure where he pulled £4300 from
why do we care? if he wants to put it up at that price, so be it. if some one is stupid enough to actually pay that then so be it.
In that case, 99% of all the comments on this forum are pointless.
Posted 1 year ago # -
If he paid the £3800 RRP then he is mental!! My Five Pro was more than that once spec'ed up and I got well over 10% off without any haggling.
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If he paid the £3800 RRP then he is mental!! My Five Pro was more than that once spec'ed up and I got well over 10% off without any haggling.
There's an online retailer currently offering an automatic 10% off with a voucher - anyone know of any better offer at the moment for 2012 Fives (frame only with upgrades and poss. forks)? Or which retailers are particularly open to a bit of friendly haggling?Posted 1 year ago # -
He needs to knock a grand off that. Its a year old and regardless of whether its only been ridden to the shops or whatever its lost a year of warranty. It needs to be significantly cheaper than you could buy in the shops or why would anyone risk it. After all its only going to break...
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1) He does say he`d be interested in offers around the stated price
2) How long is the wait for Orange Fives currently?
3) Its for sale, you have the option to buy it or get something else and retain a bit of originality....Posted 1 year ago #
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