"C. Andrews" wrote:
>
> Interesting thing about parting out bikes. How much money
> you get is very much an *it-all-depends* kind of thing. No
> guarantees it seems to me. As we've all found, I'm sure.
>
> More often than not, a full bike will get as much, or more,
> than the parted-out bike would. There are exceptions... I'm
> speaking generally.
>
> And what about the hassle-factor? Does anyone factor in the
> time and hassle of taking the bike apart? Taking photos of
> every item? Auctioning every item? Shipping every item?
> Surely there is some intangible cost there worth
> considering. I'd rather sell a complete bike, myself.
>
> Charles *lazy* Andrews
> SoCal
I'd say more often than not, a full bike will not get as much as it's parts. It takes a pretty special bike to be worth more than it's parts. I do agree that it's a LOT of work to sell off a bike part by part by part, but when you sell a bike for less than you bought it for... well that stings!
Chuck "4 of 4, over and out" Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
"When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle." --Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills
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