Consignment
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 449
Likes: 29
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Be careful. Dealer will ask your minimum acceptable price, they will get a low ball offer then presuure you into selling it. They get their commission and you get screwed. Think about it, they just want the bike gone and what 10% of dropping your price 2k, $200 to them OR its a flat fee, $500-1500 - even worse, they get paid anyway and you lost a ton of money - they don't care. Sell it yourself! Its easy.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 21,722
Likes: 17,559
From: Driftless Area
Selling on consignment does not favor the seller. Usually, a huge percentage goes to the venue and you get about half of what it's worth. It's like a bad auction with no reserve.
Decisions like this are what financial hardship thrives on.
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Decisions like this are what financial hardship thrives on.
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Road Master
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 997
Likes: 489
From: Louisville, KY
You have NOTHING to lose, except the 5 minutes to take a few pics and the 5 minutes to key in the ad, by putting it up for sale on Craigslist. Yeah, a couple of idiots may call but that's no big deal.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2011
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Likes: 6,009
From: Boston suburbs
post a few more times and list it here too. Take some good pictures, it always surprises me when someone is trying to sell a $10,000 motorcycle, competing against everyone else selling a $10,000 motorcycle, and there's only a couple shitty pictures
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2018
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From: VA
Facebook has lots of bikes there especially since Craigs List started charging for vehicle ads.
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Road Master
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 872
Likes: 237
From: Covington, Ga
I wondered why I was seeing so many bikes on Facebook. That explains it.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 4,607
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From: Virginia
I think Aitch was alluding to parking it someplace with the key in it then taking the insurance pay out.
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