Anybody bought your bike on Ebay?

[leendat]

Looking to buy a bike. I found this one on ebay. I 5 2 tall and was wondering if this is a decent bike to bid for as a first time bike buyer. I just recently got into the sport of riding and wold really like to find a bike, as I am borrowing a bike right now that is way too big. Any advice as to what I should be looking for? I went and got sized for a bike as was told a good fit would be approx; 48 - 52 cm the more I look around the more confused I am getting!!! please help

[bounceswoosh]

Looking to buy a bike. I found this one on ebay. I 5 2 tall and was wondering if this is a decent bike to bid for as a first time bike buyer. I just recently got into the sport of riding and wold really like to find a bike, as I am borrowing a bike right now that is way too big. Any advice as to what I should be looking for? I went and got sized for a bike as was told a good fit would be approx; 48 - 52 cm the more I look around the more confused I am getting!!! please help

I think it's going to depend on the particulars of the frame. For comparison's sake, I just bought a new road bike and it's a 50cm, although I'm told it fits more like a 49cm, and I'm 5'5".

I don't think you linked to the ebay item you are interested in ...

[Mr. Bloom]

Juice, I may be repeating some other responses (it's late...), but I am a BIG ebay fan. The red mercedes you see in my avatar was found on ebay, but I visited it with an inspector before I bought it.

My personal experience is that anything you buy on ebay should be done through PayPal for protection against fraud and/or misrepresentation.

BUT, read the description VERY carefully and send messages to the seller to documents any issues you have questions about. It's been my experience that a "no response" from a seller is a major red flag.

[Southside Sally]

I bought my Blue on eBay and have absolutely LOVED it! I have been buying and selling on eBay for over 10 years and am entirely comfortable with it. In fact, I am considering another bike on there.

[smilingcat]

I bought my Blue on eBay and have absolutely LOVED it! I have been buying and selling on eBay for over 10 years and am entirely comfortable with it. In fact, I am considering another bike on there.

Please let me know the look & feel of e-bay today in comparison to what it was even 6 month ago. they've been tweaking it a lot during the last 6 month so and it has become terribly unfriendly to small sellers and to buyers too.

1. As a seller, you can no longer leave a negative feedback to the buyer.
2. Paypal will automatically refund the money to the buyer if the buyer claims broken, not delivered etc. In one instance, they accessed a personal bank account and withdrew the money from a bank account to refund a fradulant buyer. Refund not from paypal account but from a personal bank account not directly tied to paypal nor to e-bay. I have been told that there are several well known fradulant buyers who use upwards of dozen aliases. Their MO is to buy, pay, leave a glowing feedback, rack about $2,000 or more then claim three month down the road that they never received an item.
3. buyer are encouraged to leave a negative feedback.
4. if you are not a power seller and do not offer free shipping your item will not come up in a search.
5. They are planning to force everyone to use paypal only. It already has happened in Asutralia (lawsuits filed against e-bay in Austrarlia). Same has happened or will be happening in UK.
6. Paypal now has the descretion to hold your money for 3 weeks before allowing you to access YOUR money.
7. Their revised business plan calls for turning e-bay into wal mart of internet commerce.

Anyway, I just would like to get your experience on e-bay for buying and selling.

thanks
smilingcat