First off, this isn't a stealth advert...
Anyway, I want to sell a (road disc) bike on eBay (well, I don't _want_ to, but where else is there) and ideally I would sell it with some upgraded handbuilt wheels on it at a BiN price, and allow "Best Offer" so that in the body of the ad I would say "also available with the stock wheels at £x (as in less)" and then accept a lower offer if they specify the lesser wheels. Just in the interests of providing options for whatever suits the interested party.
Now, of course, I could well accept a lower offer even with the nicer wheels, so there's a grey area there, and I don't how best to proceed so that I don't get a hopefully-unlikely "but it was listed with these wheels and I've not got these wheels". WWYD?
Options (I'm sure not exhaustive)
- Sell bike with one pair of wheels without options and just list the others (prob sell with the stock wheels)
- List bike twice once with each pair of wheels (or does this contravene any eBay selling rules I wonder)
- Sell without any wheels and list both pairs of wheels separately (bit of a hassle to say the least)
As is traditional I will be optimistically listing as collection only, so there ought to be no quibbles about what has been obtained for the money as the buyer walks away. But equally the buyer wields a lot of power on eBay and wonder if that and a carefully worded listing is sufficient to protect myself.
And that concludes my first world problem of the day question 🙂 TIA!!
Sell the bike with stock wheels but mention in the ad description that “upgraded” wheels are available at x amount extra
Sell the bike with stock wheels, sell better wheels separately
Or, you could advertise it on pinkbike classifieds and avoid the eBay hassle/fees.
Thanks both. I'm obviously aware of Pink Bike, just can't recall ever using it. Will take a look thanks.
List it as the cheapest option, if you put it up for £££ more with the upgrades you'll get less clicks/bids. You can always list the wheels as a separate listing, almost always it makes more money listing things separately.
I'd not list with any options - I'd list the bike with the lesser wheels and sell the good wheels separately.
Or do a BIN for the lot.
Definitely list with the cheaper/stock. It'll be likely worth about the same to most people as stock mean less messed about with and probably less use. Then sell the better wheels separately as they will be worth a lot more than stock wheels as a separate item. Also, get on with it as there is a promotional offer on reduced fees this weekend
@nickjb yeah I have already activated the "offer" so I just need to list. Have already put on Pinkbike but we'll see.