Comments on: Back on the block http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-on-the-block The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: James http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 James Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:29:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1993 Thanks for the message anon. I have heard the same kinds of stories recently from others who sell a lot on eBay. The new changes to the feedback system definitely stack things against the seller. I guess eBay wants to make buyers feel at ease, but it won’t help if they end up driving sellers away.

]]> By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Anonymous Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1992 I have been selling old bike stuff on eBay for about 10 years. Only within the past year have non-paying bidders been showing up enforce in the bike realm.

Now that eBay has changed the feedback system so that sellers can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers, the instances of non paying bidders has risen dramatically for the stuff I am selling. In the last week alone I have 2 non pays on 6 items.

]]> By: James http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 James Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:41:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1991 Thanks Darren, glad you like the blog.

bikesgonewild, close- it is a 140. That bike is a bit small for me, so i have always had the seat very high and a long stem. I guess that is part of why I am selling it.

And yeah, it does track straight and true, but I am not really sure that showing a bike in the rain is a great sales technique. I did always dry it off when I got home though.

]]> By: bikesgonewild http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 bikesgonewild Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:44:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1989 …great panda foto & heh, heh, a good sales promo…"tracks straight & true…see, no hands in the rain"…

…what are we looking at there, james…a 150 stem ???…

]]> By: Darren http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 Darren Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:14:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1988 Hey I’m fairly new here, and this is my first comment but that is a very solid bike. Keep up the excellent work

]]> By: James http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 James Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:07:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1987 Robb, we will see how it does this time. Vintage Italian track bikes always seem to do well on Ebay.

Yeah, the readership has been growing steadily lately. I am very happy to see the daily pageview stats rising like they have been and I appreciate all the new readers who are checking the blog out.

]]> By: Robb Sutton (198) http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 Robb Sutton (198) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:13:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/08/back-on-the-block/#comment-1985 That’s eBay sometimes. Who knows…you might do better on it this time. It is all about timing.

By the way…I have been watching your stats lately…great job!!

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