SOHC.co.uk Forums > CB350/400
HAVE PEOPLE GONE MENTAL
bike-pusher:
To be honest, I don't have a problem with people asking silly money for something that's available for a fraction of the price elsewhere - if people don't do their homework and shop around, that's their lookout.
What annoys me are the sharks who sell stuff that simply isn't what it's claimed to be. Instruments are the Number One category here. I've lost count of the number of people who are offering "400 Four" clocks that are actually off a 250 or, quite recently, a CB175.
There's some bod selling a 1978 yellow 400 Four recently, mileage 22k or something, and the speedo is a 110mph one from a very early bike, so the mileage is really.... well, your guess is as good as mine....
This one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB-400-Four-1978-/271614226023
Trigger:
I know this 400 well. The thing that baffles me with it is the crank case is a nice painted finish but, the barrel up don't match.
tom400f:
How do you know it trig? The tank decals are wrong too. The blue is way too light. Should be almost black. Like something from IKEA
AshimotoK0:
Quote "To be honest, I don't have a problem with people asking silly money for something that's available for a fraction of the price elsewhere - if people don't do their homework and shop around, that's their lookout."
Each to their own I suppose and I am just a hobbyist as far as bike restoration is concerned and not relying on it to earn a crust but I could never justify myself charging someone 7 times the price for anything that they could buy it for new at any Honda dealer. Just the way I was brought up I suppose. I put some 400/4 parts on eBay years ago and a silly bidding war started. At the end of the auction I just emailed the buyer and told him to pay me a figure much less than the finishing price, basically what I thought they were worth tops. I was happy and so was he. Also I have become really good friends with a few people I have sold to on eBay, they are often fellow restorers and we now swap ideas/parts/grumbles etc.
Cheers ... Ash
paul G:
Ash,
I am of the same opinion, I put something on eBay yesterday and just wanted a fair price for it so I started the auction at £15 but wanted to put a but it now price on at £20 but eBay won't let you.
Why does it need to be 40% more all I want to do is make sure the price is fair (trigger and his 99p bargains ;)
Seems fair to me but not to eBay !!
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