How to sell your bicycle on BikeChange
admin May 29, 2019
- Benchmark the true value of you bicycle by surfing the web. Declare a realistic value in your advert.
- Be honest about the true state of your bicycle. Prepare it properly for sale.
- Give precise information about the bicycle ( brand, model, size…)
- Clean Your Bicycle properly, change the Bar tape, recondition the Group-set, hydraulic components & tyres.
- Take Really good Photos (fully focussed in good light conditions). Most Smartphones now take excellent images. Be careful about the background and macro detail shots of the frame and components.
- Publish your bicycle here
- Check your email for eventual contacts
Tips for sale day
- Choose a location that is not your home. Make it a public place
- Do not accept Bank Checks (except for bank cashier’s checks),Only accept Cash
- If the buyer wants to take your bicycle for a demo ride – insist on keeping his/her identity documents whilst the bicycle is being tested. Whilst he/she is testing the bicycle take a photo of his car and number plate.
- Leave a written receipt saying sold on the ……. Month and year to Mr/Mrs….. for the agreed sum of ….. paid for in cash. Don’t forget to put on the receipt ‘SEEN AS SOLD’.
- Hand over full documents of the bicycle (manuals, eventual warranties….)