Hi CR folks,
Grappling with a bunch of stuff here - but my intent was to grow my vintage road bike site - build up the price guide - and eventually create an ad environment that could be monitored by real human intervention. One idea - and I'm wondering if this catches folks interest, would be to charge a sliding scale (depending on usage) that would enable folks to post classifieds at a very reasonable rate for a year (maybe for typical collector that wheels and deals a bit perhaps $20-$40 per year - and that might also get access to more specific market pricing info I'd put together.
So - feedback folks - would people ante up $20 to $40 for annual access to buy/sell classifieds and price guide info? Last month my ebay fees were $300 and I didn't even move that much. And dealing with crackpots and Darth Vader types remains a problem.
Now - nobody will ante up a dime until the website is up and classifieds are running as freebies for awhile to build traffic - I understand that. But once up and running, if I was to get this really going, would there be support?
Mike Kone in Boulder CO
Vintage Road Bike
> Listers: I have been havaing the Bicycle Trader Classified list keep popping up
\r?\n> when I do a search for parts or bikes. It seems that some of the ads are stuck
\r?\n> there FOREVER and are never removed. Has anyone else had experience with this
\r?\n> sales page. I have tried a couple of times and have had the replies returned as
\r?\n> "sold that two years ago" or WTF are you talking about? Others no reply.
\r?\n> I am really bemoaning the loss of the sales and want ads on the CR site.
\r?\n> Remember these??? It was really nice and yes I know there were a few scammers
\r?\n> that came to prey on the unwary, but all and all I would like to see it back.
\r?\n> Perhaps someone else besides Dale could monitor the page. I would volunteer,
\r?\n> but I get first dibs on the Masi bikes. Bruce
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\r?\n> Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
\r?\n> (509) 747 4314
\r?\n> Masi3v4me@yahoo.com
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