Thanks Bill! That was exactly my question. It seems like it would be much easier to ship a frame also. By best, I meant best $ return, least waste $ and risk on shipping, fewest headaches. I agree with your summary to sell as a frameset.
Scott On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 1:28:57 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Scott asked if it is best to sell a used A Homer Hilsen or a used Atlantis > as a complete or as a frameset. > > As with most things, it depends. What do you mean by "best"? Do you mean > "fewest headaches"? Do you mean "least possible effort"? Do you mean > "fewest days on the market"? Do you mean "most possible dollars in your > pocket"? > > Depending on what you mean, I'd usually say it's best to sell a frameset. > Most people want just a frameset, because there is something about your > build that they don't like. Most buyers don't have the energy to buy your > complete and then part it out themselves, even though some completes are so > darn cheap you could buy it and part it out and end up with a free > frameset. > > The absolute worst thing to sell used is wheels for some reason. A great > handbuilt wheelset, with great parts, can easily run $1000, but generally > you'd be lucky to get 1/3 of retail for a used wheelset. It's crazy. So > if you have a perfectly good wheelset on your complete(s) and it's a size > that you can use again, absolutely keep those. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 11:59:14 AM UTC-7, Scott McLain wrote: >> >> I think this is on topic enough... Someone let me know if I need to start >> a new thread. >> >> Is it best to sell an AHH or Atlantis as a complete bike or as a >> frameset? I am considering a similar transaction. >> >> Scott >> >> >> On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 12:49:07 PM UTC-6, Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>> Anybody who thinks a complete AHH is selling for 950 needs to have their >>> head examined. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
