E-bay sales

[jeff]

Load of Touratech stuff on e-bay at moment. Many items have bids in excess of new price (especially when you add p&p) All the bidders are shown as "private listing - bidders' identities protected"

I know people often get carried away at auctions and there are of course the genetically stupid, but it looks fishy to me.

Not interested in bidding for any of this stuff but the bids amazed me

 

[VAL. H.]

eBay default is "private listing - bidders' identities protected" so that's normal. No fish.

TT is notorious for very long delivery times 'weeks leading into months even'.

Maybe bidders are aware of this and willing to pay over the odds knowing they can get a secondhand item quicker than a new one. Probably no fish here either Sorry.


Val.

 

[snerkler]

eBay default is "private listing - bidders' identities protected" so that's normal. No fish.

TT is notorious for very long delivery times 'weeks leading into months even'.

Maybe bidders are aware of this and willing to pay over the odds knowing they can get a secondhand item quicker than a new one. Probably no fish here either Sorry.


Val.

Identities are protected, although show the highest bidder if you're the seller.

I wish the screen spoiler I just sold went for more than new

 

[claw]

I recently bought a set of the fork protector stickers, guys on ebay are selling them for the same price as touratech, but the postage was around £5 cheaper than touratechs!

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

All standard for these bikes and eBay. Last year when I was looking for aluminium panniers, idiots were paying more for second hand ones than I could buy them new from the dealer. Some people think it must be cheap if its on eBay and they never actually check the proper price.

 

[Hexme]

All standard for these bikes and eBay. Last year when I was looking for aluminium panniers, idiots were paying more for second hand ones than I could buy them new from the dealer. Some people think it must be cheap if its on eBay and they never actually check the proper price.

I think you're right, just take 10 minutes to do a bit of research to find the best value item, some go straight to Ebay beveling it to be.

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Not fishy just folk being stoopid. Saw some bottles of whisky sold at auction for way more than they cost in Asda.

 

[Mark Hooton]

Yep, it`s not always the best place

yes, I agree - I do a little on ebay myself and I try to keep the prices exactly the same on my site (www.cymarcbikeparts.co.uk) as I do on fleabay.

IMHO I am not that pleased with fleabay - it`s become a haven for people getting ripped off THINKING it`s the best value and the charges ebay and paypal (which belong to ebay) are very high indeed when compared.

i`ve also heard of a number of scams where low life use paypal to basically screw your account.

It`s very rare that I ever voice a detrimental opinion about anything or anyone (life is too short) but it is a wise man who isn`t taken in by the image ebay `like` to produce.

And also!!!! I do see quite a few people complaining about the lead times from TT - I have no idea if I am right but, and in their defence (and I am not on their payroll - if anything I am a small competitor of good stuff), if they do not carry stock (guys - stock is expensive) and have to have the stuff manufactured to order then it will always take time. It`s my guess that they purchase from abroad (it`s normally the cheapest way) and there will always be a delivery lead time. It will most likely be a commercial decision not to carry too much stock rather than a decision to mess us riders about!

 

[pedro]

Hey, stop ranting on about eBay and get my pannier table knocked out.

 

[Mark Hooton]

ha - funny man

Hey, stop ranting on about eBay and get my pannier table knocked out.

you`d soon be ranting if I took as long as TT

I should have it made and to you within a few working days

By the way, and I am not saying this because I make them, but it`s a good piece of kit - I used one in france recently and it also makes a good food preperation surface what with it being stainless - a good suggestion is to take some of those anti bac wipes to wipe it down before and after use.

Also, it works best if you can place the panniers on a flat surface as I did struggle at times - you need to make sure the corners `clip` into the corners on the panniers to stop it from moving about otherwise I hope you will be pleased with it - I was.