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Hey everybody. I usually like to keep bikes complete but I have one I'm ready to sell and am thinking about parting it out. In your opinion, is worth the extra time and effort to tear it down and list everything separately? I'd be using Ebay to sell the parts.
Thanks

five · 2012-05-04 10:07am

For me... NO.

I'm not a flipper, I'm not in it for the money (Not saying that all that do, are flippers, or in it for the money). So, a couple hundred, or more loss from parting saves me a lot of time packing stuff up, and shipping. I know it's not that hard, but for me, it's just inconvenient.

I think it's been proven over, and over again that parting can be quite profitable. Especially on ebay. of course, there are the fees, but I think you make that up, and then some by parting there.

sell_all_his_stuff has been parting out NOS bikes quite a bit lately. They parted a NOS 86 Sport, which would probably max go for 2000-3000 complete, in box. I think they doubled that by parting it out. Of course, that's a NOS desireable bike, that nobody else has.

I many times will put a complete up, if there is enough interest in the part, I'll part it. But I part it here. Again, I know I could make more on ebay, but I'd rather support the community, and the good people here with reasonable prices. But, I don't want to part, if only a few parts are wanted. I just don't want to be left with a skeleton of a bike laying around.

I'm actually considering parting out one of my Masters soon, just because I have enough stock looking Masters... I just like all the colors.

My 2 pennies.

Leatherman · 2012-05-04 10:11am

Part it out for max profit unless it is a stunning survivor, and don't use ebay as the fees are crazy.

itsdug · 2012-05-04 10:13am

delux68 wrote:
Hey everybody. I usually like to keep bikes complete but I have one I'm ready to sell and am thinking about parting it out. In your opinion, is worth the extra time and effort to tear it down and list everything separately? I'd be using Ebay to sell the parts.
Thanks

You'll almost always make more, but I can't imagine dealing with eBay to do it.

delux68 · 2012-05-04 3:15pm

thanks for all your replies everybody. i just sold the bike complete. It was on craigslist for only a few hours. i actually got more than i was asking. i was gonna go the ebay route cause i wasn't sure about what to price the parts at. i figured ebay bidders would set the prices

and for those of you wondering, it was a 1998 GT Show

itsdug · 2012-05-04 3:18pm

Just curious, what did something like that sell for?

Coco · 2012-05-04 3:24pm

Taking a bike apart maybe takes 1/2 an hour so for me that is not much effort but listing all those parts on ebay would a huge pain in the arse.

Leatherman · 2012-05-04 3:31pm

You would have got approximately 5-600.00 parting that out here (minus shipping fees and your time).
What did you sell it for on C/L and how did you get more than what you were asking?

delux68 · 2012-05-04 3:46pm

i thought parting it would get around $500, i was asking $350, and sold it for $420. The guy called and offered me more. iI told him i had someone coming to see it for $350 (which i did). It needed cables, had some rust on the bars and fork dropouts, and the rear hub was a bit loose and a little noisy.

Leatherman · 2012-05-04 4:12pm

You did great for a local P/U of 420.

delux68 · 2012-05-04 4:20pm

Leatherman wrote:
You did great for a local P/U of 420.

thanks! I was pretty happy with the sale.

redline squareback · 2012-05-04 4:30pm

is this the same bike.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GT-SHOW-BMX-FLA … 1e6dcc1d5a

Leatherman · 2012-05-04 4:33pm

redline squareback wrote:
is this the same bike.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GT-SHOW-BMX-FLA … 1e6dcc1d5a

Hell ya it is, something smells fishy here.

redline squareback · 2012-05-04 4:37pm

Leatherman wrote:
redline squareback wrote:
is this the same bike.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GT-SHOW-BMX-FLA … 1e6dcc1d5a
Hell ya it is, something smells fishy here.

JS-44SDS · 2012-05-04 4:38pm

For some that put together an expensive bike it is the only way to get back their initial investment as many will not pony up the entire amount to buy a complete that can touch 10K or even 6k for that matter. When people find completes and want to fund their hobby they will part the bike out 100% of the time for maximum return.

There are a few exceptions to this rule where the complete is worth more than the sum of it's parts-a very rare occasion though.

Iceman · 2012-05-04 4:43pm

Oh great.... Another prick to add to the list.

shock6 · 2012-05-04 4:45pm

furious_01 · 2012-05-04 5:00pm

DIBS!!!

SpinTech · 2012-05-04 5:18pm

The damn dangling cable gave it away!

Haro-83 · 2012-05-04 5:47pm

murph3699 · 2012-05-04 5:52pm

Sometimes its the only way to get a bike sold. I've listed completes that were priced right but just didn't sell. Once I parted.........sold like hotcakes.

thx5150 · 2012-05-04 8:03pm

something smells fishy here.
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.p … 3#p3492613

Leatherman · 2012-05-04 8:11pm

Had a feeling it would show here quickly.

hollywood23 · 2012-05-04 9:04pm

That was quick flip...

CBA · 2012-05-04 9:34pm

delux68 wrote:
i was asking $350,
i had someone coming to see it for $350
The guy called and offered me more.
sold it for $420.

redline squareback wrote:
is this the same bike.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GT-SHOW-BMX-FLA … 1e6dcc1d5a

thx5150 wrote:
something smells fishy here.
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.p … 3#p3492613

Awesome.

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