Phil Read Replica

[MarkCR750]

Here's a link to their fees calculator, as far as I can tell if you had a starting bid of 7k and it went for 8.5k they would charge £252.85p , but have a go using the link I could be wrong!
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html

[bytio]

Thanks Mark, some more pics attached

[JamesH]

Stick it on as a classified with the best offer feature. Should cost you £24 max with large pics and no final value fees. You'll get the same exposure as an auction and can control the price / enquiries. Also it'll be advertised for 28 days at a time. Best way in my experience if you want to hold out to close to the asking price. If someone does make an offer via ebay - don't accept it until you've spoken with them as this will remove the listing once accepted. James.

[bytio]

Thanks James


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[jimv50]

eBay certainly gets the worldwide exposure you may be looking for but you do get the worlds worst buyers coming out of the woodwork at times and they can easily make it difficult for the seller.
Have you considered any of the specialised forums or magazines at all? It looks a great bike for that certain someone who wants to add to a collection of specials.
Not my sort of thing, but looking online elsewhere and seeing some of the poorer examples and their asking prices I would be surprised if yours went for as little as £8,500.

[Woodside]

Great bike
I've always had good experience with car and classic . It's free and gets good exposure not as much as eBay but I find all enquiries are as genuine as they ever are selling vehicles...always worth a try first if someone googles the bike it will be on first page or second returned search....

[Chris400F]

Here's a link to their fees calculator, as far as I can tell if you had a starting bid of 7k and it went for 8.5k they would charge £252.85p , but have a go using the link I could be wrong!
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html

Scroll down the referenced page and you'll find the selling fees for eBay motors, which are different from the 'normal' fees.
Should cost you a maximum of £45 as far as I can tell.
I think you should be able to specify a reserve price if you list as an auction.
Yes, there are some moron 'buyers' out there but there are also a lot of genuine ones too, and eBay gets the exposure.
If you get two or more people who want the bike you could get a very good price.

[bytio]

Many thanks for the info guys

[Woodside]

Make sure you check fees ...I think £250 is a fixed top fee....if you go to auction.... I guess it's up to you if you think that it is worth it as you do get maximum exposure ...
I cannot remember if buy it now / best offer is fixed price insert fee... something is ringing in my head that they take a % of a best offer too

[Chris400F]

These are the quoted fees for eBay Motors listings:

                                             Classified    Auction   Buy it now
Listing fees   Insertion fees   £14.99   £10.00   £10.00
Optional           Gallery plus   £2.99   Free           Free
 listing            Subtitle           £0.50   £0.50   £0.50
 upgrades           Listing designer   Free           Free           Free
                   Scheduler           Free           Free           Free
                   Add Buy it now   -           £2.99   -
                   Reserve price   -           £7.99   -
Final value fees   Final value fee     -           1% final selling price (min £20 max £35)

So as I understand it for an auction you would pay £10 Listing + max £35 Final Value + optional £7.99 for Reserve Price.
A Best Offer is treated as a Buy It Now at the accepted price with Final Value fee based on that figure.

[bytio]

Excellent info thanks for your efforts


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[Drew400]

And to finish this thread, somewhat belatedly...

I was fortunate enough to see Bytio's advert back in November and respond immediately. Thus I acquired a Phil Read Replica after many years of wanting to.

I wish to thank Bytio for helping me to understand what exactly I was buying, advice post-sale and for the spare parts that I hope (in the nicest possible way) never to have to use!

Cheers, D.

p.s. It does indeed sound brilliant!

[haynes66]

congratulations! welcome to the clan. if youre selling any spares, put them on here first.

[bytio]

Drew, it was great to see it go to a good home, I still miss it, and of course happy to help if you need any info.

[Drew400]

Thanks both and will do.

Cheers, D.