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Buying housemate's bike - how much is it worth?

  • 06-11-2012 1:48pm
    #1
    JDRaitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi all, I wanted to ask how much ye reckon my housemate's bicycle would be worth. He's moving and has to sell it, and I want to give him a proper price for it.

    It's a Felt frame, with Suntour xct V2 front suspension, and these really strong disc brakes. He paid €500 for it when it was new, which wasn't too long ago.

    Not sure about rules (and politeness) about posting images, so here's 2 pictures of it hosted on Imgur, I hope that's ok:

    http://i.imgur.com/6ikd0.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/Pv3Zf.jpg

    This guy is the best housemate you could hope for - he's let me ride this bike for the past year. I really want to give him a fair price for it, but have no clue where to start. Can anyone help?


Comments

  • #2
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    €350 if he is lucky to be honest.


  • #3
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I'd say 250euro but it looks in good condition and he has let you ride/borrow it for a year, so 350 would be fair considering but if it was a stranger, 250euro, 300 if your really interested.


  • #4
    kennyb3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭kennyb3


    €250, 1 pig, 3 bags of coal and a bag of spanners.


  • #5
    JDRaitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭JDRaitt


    So between €250 and €350 is a good amount to give him?
    kennyb3 wrote: »
    €250, 1 pig, 3 bags of goal and a bag of spanners.

    He's from Limerick, he'd probably take just the pig and bags of coal ;)

    Thank you everyone for replying, had no idea if €50 or €500 was a fair amount for him. Hope to see ye all here more!


  • #6
    Ahorseofaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Ahorseofaman


    oops


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  • #7
    feck sake lads
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,889 ✭✭✭feck sake lads


    is everything on it working and in pristine condition,
    do you realy need the bike and if so do you intend to use it until the wheels fall off, if so give him 400 euro for it if he thinks it's to much ask him how much he wants that way you will still be friends at the end of the day.;)


  • #8
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    He has enough locks on it, that's for sure.


  • #9
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    MOD NOTE: Posts deleted, if they crop up again, the ban hammer comes out to everyone, involved, wether they were the instigator or the responder, we have report post buttons for a reason.


  • #10
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    He has enough locks on it, that's for sure.

    Never noticed them initially, if they come as part of the deal, you can add on an extra 50 to 75euro to my initial price


  • #11
    JDRaitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭JDRaitt


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    He has enough locks on it, that's for sure.
    CramCycle wrote: »
    Never noticed them initially, if they come as part of the deal, you can add on an extra 50 to 75euro to my initial price

    Heh, those are actually mine. Might seem like overkill, but I was using the bike for a year, and losing someone else's stuff isn't the same as losing your own...

    He has a kryptonite lock he's gonna give me too, I hear they are unbreakable! It'll be the safest bike in the nation :D


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  • #12
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    JDRaitt wrote: »
    He has a kryptonite lock he's gonna give me too, I hear they are unbreakable! It'll be the safest bike in the nation :D

    Nothing is unbreakable but they are more difficult to break than quite alot of others. Key to locking a bike, make yours less attractive and/or more difficult to steal than the bike beside yours.


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