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trade me ,surfboards
ok you can get the hell bargain for surfboards?do you bid without checking the board out first,or you won the board that turns out a pig, or your best board in say ages
i tend to buy broken boards for cheap then fix and re sell them
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Chairman of the sub 1000
cracked it! ^ you must be snapping up the income.
nah just beer money or extra surf stuff money really
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Chairman of the sub 1000
hey jabes, spud thinks you're dumb
but if i dont say anything ill have to join in puzzle time
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Chairman of the sub 1000
Thing that fukks me off about TM is you list a board for sale with a reserve and a buy now. Then you get 15 watchers, when the auction closes you make a fixed price offer and no one accepts.
WTF, did they think I was going to do? Give it away?
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Wait For The Ricochet
if your selling it you most likely need/want money. if you dont need the money then dont be surprised when no one buys your over priced surfboard.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/surfing/surfboards/shortboards/auction-532608759.htm [trademe.co.nz]
i am looking for a good deal for myself. if i dont get the board it doesnt matter to me i wait for somethign else to come along and sooner or later somebody will sell for what im prepared to offer
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Yeah and 2nd hand boards are way over priced here tho in saying that I will sometimes put a board up that I don't care if it doesn't sell so will list a bit higher just to see
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Chairman of the sub 1000
^^^dont i know that...
Originally posted by: drgl33t
if your selling it you most likely need/want money. if you dont need the money then dont be surprised when no one buys your over priced surfboard.
Fair comment, but if you think it's over priced why bother watching in the hope it will be given away.?
You just offered the guy 300 for a stick with no fins.
I had listed a mint stick with fins, leggie and bag for $400....
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lets have a look i may consider making an offer.
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My favourite with the shop are the guys who email saying I saw you listed your boards 3 or 4 times ill offer - half reserve and when we tell them no they would get all shirty about not accepting their generous offer 2 weeks later get an email asking if we still had it and getting to tell them it had been sold already!
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Chairman of the sub 1000
Originally posted by: drgl33t
lets have a look i may consider making an offer.
Search "Aloha" in TM surfboards. It's the only one listed at present.
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Wait For The Ricochet
Originally posted by: Jabes
My favourite with the shop are the guys who email saying I saw you listed your boards 3 or 4 times ill offer - half reserve and when we tell them no they would get all shirty about not accepting their generous offer 2 weeks later get an email asking if we still had it and getting to tell them it had been sold already!
and you wonder why people have a dim view of the industry
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
the potential buyer will be on the right side of that deal oldscool
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Originally posted by: drgl33t
if your selling it you most likely need/want money. if you dont need the money then dont be surprised when no one buys your over priced surfboard.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/surfing/surfboards/shortboards/auction-532608759.htm [trademe.co.nz]
i am looking for a good deal for myself. if i dont get the board it doesnt matter to me i wait for somethign else to come along and sooner or later somebody will sell for what im prepared to offer
This!!!
You guys winging about selling need to learn to meet the market.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
you should tell that to the real estate market...
hmm i think oldscool is entitled to a whinge in his situation. i felt i was a bit generous to offer 300 but i was on a bit of a high coming off an enjoyable surf on a borrowed 6'2
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Your a self proclaimed business guru so tell me what happens when you sell something for under half your cost price? Yet for some reason most people who wouldn't ask the supermarket for a free bottle of milk when they buy a box of wheat bix think nothing of trying to get something that is hand crafted for nothing! Usually when you see their auctions they are the guys selling their 10yo boards for 550 as its still mint 
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Chairman of the sub 1000
Originally posted by: Jabes
Your a self proclaimed business guru so tell me what happens when you sell something for under half your cost price? Yet for some reason most people who wouldn't ask the supermarket for a free bottle of milk when they buy a box of wheat bix think nothing of trying to get something that is hand crafted for nothing! Usually when you see their auctions they are the guys selling their 10yo boards for 550 as its still mint
Then you are not in business!
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
*edited 16 Nov 2012 18:05
The cost* price is not the sale** price either, if I'm following you correctly.
If I sell a board that I bought brand new I would expect some depreciation even if it had never been surfed. A used surfboard IMHO shouldn't exceed 50% of the original purchase price, with a few exceptions.
This is where you get it wrong though Jabes. Stocked goods on a shelf are an invitation to treat and do not constitute an offer, with some exceptions.
It is up to the buyer to provide an offer and for the vendor to accept or refuse.
edit:
* foam, glass and labour
**RRP
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Exactly hence the giggle when the people who want that miss out due to their own sense of entitlement
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Chairman of the sub 1000
You never know unless you have a go
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
No we are talking about new boards so basically a semi advert for new stock for people who are out of area. Tho we sell a few on these as well to people who can't come in. But its the people who have seen a new board that's been listed 3 times kindly offer to take it off our hands for 3-400 but then miss out. We have a regular few that try it
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Chairman of the sub 1000
I'm a watcher, some dude has a FireWire on there and wants 1200, pretty much same price he paid for it. Dudes dreaming cut your loss move on. I'll watch it to see if hell offer a proper price,
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
Tell him he's dreamin
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Chairman of the sub 1000
Sorry Jabes I assumed you were talking used.
TBF that is what TM is for.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
It amazes me too the amount of People who you see importing boards and selling them on trade me as not exactly a lucrative business even with the Chinese special prices
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Chairman of the sub 1000
WTF
$7500 and couldn't be bothered removing the ancient dirty wax
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/surfing/surfboards/longboards/auction-534763699.htm [trademe.co.nz]
good to know that bob davies outsources his boards to bob mctavish now days too
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Chairman of the sub 1000
What a bargain that piece of history is!!
Trade me is good for a bit of a browse, good for the occasional deal.
I don't understand how the cheap imported boards make money for the seller though? Must land them here for like $300.
The mctavish boards are pretty pricey, is that a normal price to pay for a mctavish?
$1200 AU from factory
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So, I've sold the Aloha. $450, buy now.
$28.05 success fee.
That's roughly 6.5%. Getting bloody expensive. 
Even Real Estate Agents only charge 4%....
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Wait For The Ricochet
Originally posted by: Jabes
good to know that bob davies outsources his boards to bob mctavish now days too
I think you'll find it's genuine Jabes.
Long before you were born though......
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Wait For The Ricochet
Originally posted by: Daemon
WTF
$7500 and couldn't be bothered removing the ancient dirty wax
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/surfing/surfboards/longboards/auction-534763699.htm [trademe.co.nz]
i bet its 2020's.
note the number of times the boards been ridden and the truth will out...
Originally posted by: oldscool
So, I've sold the Aloha. $450, buy now.
$28.05 success fee.
That's roughly 6.5%. Getting bloody expensive.
Even Real Estate Agents only charge 4%....
I don't do much trading so this really sticks in my craw when I do.
Maybe I should buy some TM shares and take a piece of that pie.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
yeah and they wonder why so many people try to get out of selling it thru trade me! think they put the fees up too obviously the several hundred million in profits is barely enough to get by on
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Chairman of the sub 1000
Originally posted by: oldscoolwell written, been there done that first time auction had 22 watches no bids second time relisted 18 watches 2nd time i sold lower $ and sold wished for more but, buyer got a good deal in my reserve, should have stuck to 1st reserve.but wanted new board,so stung me a extra few dollars but, nothing like buying a car from say a car dealer and losing out a grand when you drive off from su,m random dealer in a yard sorta thing if that makes sense,hope work gives overtime to help pay for new stick grr
Thing that fukks me off about TM is you list a board for sale with a reserve and a buy now. Then you get 15 watchers, when the auction closes you make a fixed price offer and no one accepts.
WTF, did they think I was going to do? Give it away?
Originally posted by: oldscool
So, I've sold the Aloha. $450, buy now.
$28.05 success fee.
That's roughly 6.5%. Getting bloody expensive.
Even Real Estate Agents only charge 4%....
4%of 650,000 compared to 6.5% of 450 is not really a fair comparison.
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
Originally posted by: The Bosshey boss is it 4% or 6.5% per cent i soldOriginally posted by: oldscool
So, I've sold the Aloha. $450, buy now.
$28.05 success fee.
That's roughly 6.5%. Getting bloody expensive.
Even Real Estate Agents only charge 4%....
4%of 650,000 compared to 6.5% of 450 is not really a fair comparison.
a board t $350 and now i owe trademe $22.50 sorta thing
I actually don't know, I was just commenting on old schools random comparison. I kind of think in my option you get double taxed, you pay a listing fee and then a success fee. Why not one or the other. But having said that trademe have owned this market and they are a business.
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
Originally posted by: The Bossagree boss my 350 board become 330 roughly had to take the hit just gotta work extra couple of hours for employer to get a new stick,
I actually don't know, I was just commenting on old schools random comparison. I kind of think in my option you get double taxed, you pay a listing fee and then a success fee. Why not one or the other. But having said that trademe have owned this market and they are a business.
*edited 20 Nov 2012 19:44
Originally posted by: The BossOriginally posted by: oldscool
So, I've sold the Aloha. $450, buy now.
$28.05 success fee.
That's roughly 6.5%. Getting bloody expensive.
Even Real Estate Agents only charge 4%....
4%of 650,000 compared to 6.5% of 450 is not really a fair comparison.
Now now Boss don't fiddle the figures with percentages. You know TM has massive volume. It is a fair comparison.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Too true jtah, I was thinking that at time I was writing it. What a great business!
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!