sold.

I’m loving this thread so much !

I’m loving the fact that someone can have the audacity to get cranky about a very light dig when at the same time trying to score a fast £300 odd on a very secondhand, already overpriced bike.

I’m loving this. It’s made my Friday night.

Pleased to perk you up on a Friday.

I was amazed to see that someone would try to gouge the price on the very same marketplace that he'd bought the bike a week earlier. He may like a quick buck but I don't think our man would make a good fence.

Superb. What I appreciate is the contrast between his willingness to respond quickly and spikily when he thought he’d get away with it, to absolute silence when he was called out.

Sold. For full ask.

You must be proud, don't bother coming back.

Sold. For full ask.

Good donation to the forum then

Like it or not, this is how I make enough money to even participate in this sport and it heavily subsidizes my income to allow me to get by. You might see it as price gouging, but i post honest and frank descriptions of the bikes i buy and sell and sell them to people who reach out with genuine enquiries. This appears to have ruffled a lot of feathers, which I'm sorry for - but frankly, buying and selling used bikes is something I've been doing for a long time and i can tell you that i am by no means the worst culprit on here or any other market place.

And yes, obviously.

You aren't remotely sorry. You're a chancer and a hypocrite, slightly embarrassed to have been shamed for being precious and moralising while doing something most consider immoral. And then turning mute when you're caught out and scorned by the community for behaving like a dick.

You aren't even posting honest descriptions or you would have flagged the dented seat stay. You're copying someone else's work, as you probably do as a student.

Enjoy your 325 quid. See if it buys you a conscience.

bought it in Bicester, and hiked the price £325 because he hopes to sell it in London

Um, that's how business works. Specialized bought the frame for $300 in China and sold it for £1500 in the UK. Nothing would ever move if it wasn't worth more at the destination than it was at the origin.
If you're going to shit on people for hiking their UK prices in London's famous London, start with the giant multinational corporations, not some kid trying to make an honest couple of quid.

But all the bigger boys were doing it too sir!