[BobL]

Planning to sell my Dawes Touring bike but I am at a bit of a loss as to where to sell it as there’s conflicting advice out there. Seems to be narrowing down to either eBay or a specialist bike sale site. Would appreciate any advice.

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[quiff]

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I’ve been

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I’ve been auctioning so far, as it’s generally been stuff where getting it out of the house is more important than the price I get!   

[Dnnnnnn]

Are you putting things on for

Are you putting things on for auction? That’s only 7 or 10 days duration, I think.
I tend to put things on as fixed-price, ‘Buy It Now’ listings – those continue until they sell – just the discount period lapses after 30 days.

[Seventyone]

Gumtree worked well for me. I
Gumtree worked well for me. I got a lot more interest than I was expecting and sold my 10 year old heavily used planet X for £300. When it cost me £1000 new

[quiff]

Ah, that’s interesting. I got

Ah, that’s interesting. I got back into ebay selling in preparation for listing a bike, but so far I’ve only sold smaller items where the maximum listing duration seems to be 7 or 10 days. It’s then very easy to accidentally find it’s automatically relisted and you’ve lost the discount. Sounds like other categories or sale formats have longer durations. In fact, to the original poster, somewhere on this forum about 2 years ago I think I started a thread like this where people gave useful tips on ebay selling for bikes. Good luck finding it though.  

[Dnnnnnn]

You’re right – I re-list

You’re right – I re-list things if they aren’t selling towards the end of that 30 day promotional period (which always almost coincides with another promotional listing period). Bit of faff but worth it for valuable things.

[quiff]

Also worth noting – I think

Also worth noting – I think usually the 80% off only applies if it sells in the first listing period – not on any automatic re-listing. 

[Dnnnnnn]

Ebay can be quite good but

Ebay can be quite good but list it when they have one of their 80% off selling fees weekends (seem to be every second Friday-Monday), or else you’ll pay a hefy commission.

I’ve used Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree too – it’s fairly quick to use the same text and photos across all three.

[BobL]

Mine is a 2005 model with 631

Mine is a 2005 model with 631 frame. Shout if you’re interested. 

[BobL]

Thanks I may try that

Thanks I may try that

[BobL]

I was hoping for a couple of

I was hoping for a couple of hundred but suspect you are right…the local cash converters type shops sell much less quality kit for £100+…..a few months ago one had a 70’s vintage Dawes for only £90 – sadly I didn’t buy it!

[chrisonabike]

Pity. I’ve an old Galaxy
Pity but you’re likely right. I’ve an old Galaxy needs replacing (mine’s now scrap value though still limping on) and I’d probably replace with the same. It’s by far the most generally useful and tough bike I’ve ever owned. Although maybe one with a more modern fork – mine can only accept some very old-style canti brake shoes at the front.

[Eton Rifle]

Apologies if I’m stating the
Apologies if I’m stating the bleeding obvious but don’t expect to get much for it. I sold my four pannier plus bar bag set-up and my Dawes Galaxy a couple of years ago. Effectively sold the luggage and threw in the bike for nothing.

[matthewn5]

As it’s a touring bike, I’d

As it’s a touring bike, I’d think of putting it on Cycling UK’s whole bikes forum page. Cycling UK is what used to be the Cyclists Touring Club (CTC):

https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewforum.php?f=40
 

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