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Sugino 75's are really underpriced at £50, worth at least three times that now.

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That's a beaut, these are so nice to ride too.

Proper rig that

I have a set somewhere, gunmetal grey large flange hubs, they're laced up to silver velocity Deep V's...

Any good?

You know what, I actually don't care. It's absolutely nothing to do with me.

Have a lovely Sunday all.

That is if the buyer didn't pay the OP for postage on top of the the forum price? May even be a loss. Who knows... Who cares?

Edit: Maybe the OP is actually the ebay seller, maybe they fabricated the whole idea that it was sold to another party, to circumvent the trial, for the most heinous crime of crossposting?

Do you own property?

OP looks like they're based in Peterborough, as per an earlier classified ad.

Ebay seller based in Northern Ireland, as per their ebay listing.

The frame was most likely posted at cost, for the original forum sale to take place anyway.

To sell on ebay you must pay fees, of 12.8%; but on this forum, you do not pay any fees to sell. Selling on ebay with a; 'buy it now price with best offer', it is normal practice to list the item for more than you actually want; that way when offers are invited; you have wiggle room.

The sale doesn't seem to have accrued the seller any profit. They achieved their probable goal of recouping their cash. This forum listing was hardly thronging with replies, dibs and other users' intending to buy, so there's no guarantee; 'offering the frame back on the forum' would have achieved the same result?

'Robbing a bank' is pretty much, universally, a crime. However; selling your legal and legitimately owned property, for whatever price another party sees fit to buy it for; without coercion, is definitely not* - Your analogy is non-sensical and therefore moot.

*Unless it is a trial by internet bike forum users on perceived ethics.

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The whole point is; it doesn't seem to have been sold for any more money, than it was bought for.

Secondly, unless the OP is a business, then this was a private sale, that doesn't need to uphold distance selling rules. So if the purchaser bought the frame, and changed their mind and wanted to return they probably couldn't. Ebay is a much easier platform to sell a bike-related asset, than the LFGSS forum, so if the buyer needed their to recoup their funds quickly; it would be most logical to use ebay. You would be a total failure as a reseller, if you sold an item; that you intended to turn a profit from, within a few days, for the same price that you paid.

I agree; I wouldn't buy items on these classifieds unless I needed them for personal use. However, this isn't 2007 anymore when the classifieds were a place to barter parts for beers etc. It has now become a largely unregulated global selling platform, with a huge volume of anonymous and casual users, not connected with the early days of the forum or it's etiquette.

There are likely more worthy targets, of your socioeconomic internet justice, who could be harangued online; if that's what floats your boat. ;-)

According to the ebay link you shared, it did sell for less than £350, subject to fees. It looks like whoever the ebay seller was, they were aiming to recoup their costs rather than make a profit. The margin is so very slim (if any margin at all) that it would be a terrible return on investment and time, otherwise*.

*And risk, given that it is eBay.

It would only be disingenuous or 'slightly disingenuous', if the eBay seller informed the forum seller that they didn't intend to sell it, but as we don't know what dialog took place, how can we know.

Your pitchforking seems to be based upon an entitled aggregate of assumptions plus bad maths, hence why it is comical. ;-)

From the ebay link provided; it does look like the frame sold at less than £350, given the strike through the sale price figure, suggesting a best offer price was accepted. Given that eBay fees are 12.8% + £0.30, and assuming the forum seller originally sold the frame for £250 (possibly with postage on top)... then do the math; it doesn't look like the work Adam Smith here.

Disclaimer: I am nothing to do with any of the parties, or the frame, involved; but just found the pitchforking comical.

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Shimano RS700 C30 (Carbon Rims), For Tubeless and clincher tyres, Shod with with Schwalbe One TL Tyres, all around 100 miles of use / near new / no defects.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-ultegra-rs700-c30-wheelset

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-pro-one-evo-tubeless-folding-tyre-1

£400

I've got a set surplus,

Shimano RS-700 C30 Carbon Laminate Tubeless Wheels, 700c. Inc. Skewers

Shod with; Schwalbe One TLE tyres, 700x25c, in black.

All with very low miles from new, bought this year.

Cheapest online price for wheel set is £690, and £80 for the tyres.

I'd like £375, drop me a PM if any good!

@PommesFritzi Nice one bud

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Thanks for all your comments, it is indeed a stunner, now with a new owner. Look forward to seeing it’s next guise 💪

Chest and CNC chair dibs please :-)