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am I being ripped off?

Kd_1986Kd_1986 Posts: 7
edited October 2012 in Road buying advice
Just found this bike an thought it looked nice.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 901wt_1398

but then found this....... http://www.leboncoin.fr/velos/359690462.htm

Obvo the bike but £80.

Am I being ripped off and should I not buy it?

Thanks

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  • t4tomot4tomo Posts: 2,643
    depends on which one you bought and how much it costs you to get to France and back to pick up the other one.
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  • Kd_1986Kd_1986 Posts: 7
    Ive brought the £290 on ebay but found out he brought it for £80 from france. So guessing its not worth the £290 but Im not sure..... I just dont want to be ripped off.
  • Kd_1986Kd_1986 Posts: 7
    its to be used as a winter bike btw
  • joshvoultersjoshvoulters Posts: 97
    When you bid on the auction, you committed to pay the money if you won.

    You won. Now pay the money.

    It's not the sellers fault you failed to research it beforehand.
  • markpsmarkps Posts: 41
    You can't say you're being ripped off, as you were clearly happpy to pay the full price until you found out what margin the seller had on it. Granted, it's quite an audacious margin!

    As joshvoulters said, you've entered into a contract to buy it now, but you may be able to arrange something with the seller - maybe a reduction or withdraw your bid. They're not obliged to do anything however.

    On a positive note - I bet you don't see anyone else riding one! must be pretty rare over here.

    btw it's bought, not brought.

    Cheers
  • rolf_frolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Kd_1986 wrote:
    its to be used as a winter bike btw

    You want to use that as a winter bike? :shock:

    The poor bike - it's lovely. It deserves a caring owner. Let someone else have it. Get yourself a Carrera from Halfords.....
    markps wrote:
    You can't say you're being ripped off, as you were clearly happpy to pay the full price until you found out what margin the seller had on it. Granted, it's quite an audacious margin!

    It's not really an audacious margin. The vendor sold it. If it was an audacious margin, it wouldn't have sold. A second hand object is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I can't for the life of me work out why there is any reason that someone who buys something at a very good price is somehow obligated to the next purchaser to pass some of that discount on. There are no rules that you are only allowed to make a certain percentage profit on any trade.
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  • nochekmatenochekmate Posts: 3,460
    I have bought and sold a fair few bikes over the last few years and invariably have made enough money to fund my hobby.

    Ami I ripping people off? No not at all, because I buy the bike at the price that the vendor is willing to sell at and I sell the bikes at the price that other buyers are willing to pay - it's simply business.

    The chap who bought the bike originally may put hours of work sourcing the bikes themselves along with the additional time involved in buying/selling.

    You've got yourself a sweet looking bike - but clearly could have bought it cheaper had you sourced it from France originally. Lesson learned!

    The eBay seller looks as though he's listed a number of them and obviously he's doing quite well out of it all.

    It's the way of the world - people buy goods for a price and sell them on to make a profit.
  • nochekmatenochekmate Posts: 3,460
    Bike is now relisted, so looks like the OP felt that he was being ripped off after all

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE- ... 3ccb7a33b7
  • rolf_frolf_f Posts: 16,015
    nochekmate wrote:
    Bike is now relisted, so looks like the OP felt that he was being ripped off after all

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE- ... 3ccb7a33b7

    Lol! Possibly one should insist on a full record of all sales of a used item before purchasing it. I mean, what if the person before the person before the person before the person before you made a huge profit on it? If you didn't have the record, you'd never know you were being ripped off!

    That chap sells quite nice bikes though I can't see him getting £245 for a Pug Mixte here - Mixtes are just sadly not worth enough here.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Kd_1986Kd_1986 Posts: 7
    thanks for all the comments. makes me think I should just go ahead. When I say ripped off its not so much the margin more that if it cost £80 in France surely the parts etc aren't worth paying £290 for. I dont want to buy a load of rubbish quality parts + frame for £280. The fact it cost him £80 gives me the impression its of poor quality.

    And thanks for the grammer lesson ;-)
  • chrisaonabikechrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    Kd_1986 wrote:
    And thanks for the grammer lesson ;-)
    It's grammar, not grammer :D
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  • gsk82gsk82 Posts: 3,399
    is obligated even a word? bloody yanks its obliged!

    next people will start saying quickness instead of speed :evil:
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  • gsk82gsk82 Posts: 3,399
    double post
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Cleat EastwoodCleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    i live by one rule and one rule only - never trust Didier Lemaire....from Eccles. :D
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  • Kd_1986Kd_1986 Posts: 7
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    Kd_1986 wrote:
    And thanks for the grammer lesson ;-)
    It's grammar, not grammer :D

    That was the joke hence the ;-)
  • buckmulliganbuckmulligan Posts: 1,031
    Bazinga!
  • paul_mckpaul_mck Posts: 1,058
    100euro + shipping
    + time and parts to clean up and test. Who knows what needed fixing etc.

    fair play to him I say. It looks better in his pics than the french one.
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