Hello fellow members, I have been lurking around the forum for some time checking on all things Ducati and the SC model, and finally decide to sign up and get started. One of the reasons i signed up was to test the water and get advice form fellow members regarding a Paul Smart replica i have coming up for sale. It is a one owner bike with original 550 miles from new. Before i put it on the dreaded fleaby, i wanted firstly to get some idea of value and secondly offer to a fellow member first, thats if anyone is in the market for such a bike. Doing a bit of research seems to indicate that they vary in price, one on ebay recently sold for £11,200, i think this one will be worth a little bit more considering its mileage and condition. Will post pics soon. All advice and help greatly appreciated. SP4S
I'll give you ten bob and a blackie's egg. Edit: Make that two blackie's eggs because of the low mileage :smile:
Thank you bradders, I know it appears as though I have joined the forum to sell the bike, it's not the case I browse the site as a visitor most days and was putting off joining as my good lady wife will testify I sorbs far too much time on the various forums, i am trying to seek help. Great forum by the way, the best by far.
You could try posting an advert with some photos in the Classified section of this forum. There is also the Ducati.ms forum from North America, that's quite popular with Sport Classic owners. Might be worth mentioning any service history. If the bike has been unused for a long time items such as belts will need attention.
SP4S This is tricky territory. The Ducati SC, GT and PS models have gone through a bit of a feeding frenzy ,as far as prices are concerned, over the past 18 months or so. Now the tricky bit - how do we determine a price in this market? Price guides are useless and we have to rely on an impression of what has sold and a gut feeling of what people will pay. Are the prices we see them advertised fro really the prices they are sold? In your case how can you be sure that £11,200 you saw for a PS was the actual sold price? Has the 'feeding frenzy' brought so many models onto the market (in a bid to cash in on the high prices ) that buyers are satiated? Answer to all of this is 'don't know' I'm afraid. The only way to find out is to advertise it out there and see what happens. If you feel that,say, £12000 is a fair price then place a classified ad on Ebay and see what the response is. I would strongly advise against an auction format - especially one with a reserve...this is designed to attract cowboys and time wasters and annoys real buyers rather than attracts them. Similarly avoid 'Buy It Now' (a cowboy attracting device if ever there was one) - and also the 'Make Offer' option. Indicate in your ad that you are open to very,very near offers and include your mobile number so people can contact you quickly. Of course never take an offer over the phone but encourage the serious buyers to view the bike first. Good luck!
A lot of people have bad experiences with Ebay but almost all , if not all of these are to do with auction type ads. A classified Ebay ad is no more complicated or open to abuse than a Biketrader, MCN or Gumtree classified. Don't get me wrong - I've had auction bidders not turning up or turning up and trying to re-negotiate there final bid downwards because they think they have got you in a fix having won the auction and all of the other bidders long gone. The positive side of Ebay is they get more traffic than any other site and they have free-form searching, also unlike Biketrader and MCN they are not chock a block with traders ads....but you pays your money...
Thanks for all the advice guys it really is appreciated, a lot of timewasters on eBay I agree as well as other formats for selling cars and bikes, that's why I thought about offering on a forum first. Will get some pics and put it in the classified section, I'm not desperate to sell, so can wait a while. Thanks to all who have posted a reply.
