Selling my bicycle February 24
Today was my first attempt at trying to sell my bicycle. I knew it would be interesting, but I didn’t know it would be this interesting.
First thing, I had to clean all the mud off it. I asked around as to where I might be able to wash it. Some sharp person suggested a car wash at the gas station. Only the one that I knew of is closed on Sundays.
So I rode around for a good hour, looking for another one. I finally found one, and they washed it for me, though I helped with the gears and chain. It came away looking nearly new.
Then to sell it. I decided I’d like to get $90 ideally, but would easily settle for $80. $90 is about 3700 baht. The first thing I did was to go around to the various stands with signs saying “We buy everything”. In past expereience, I’ve found them to be confrontational and aggressive in their bargaining tactics, always criticizing the item in question, and offering ridiculously low prices.
This time was no different. I got offers ranging from 500 baht to 2000 baht. I did get one enthusiastic offer of 300 baht ($70 USD), to the point the buyer had the money in his hand, thrust towards me, waiting for me to take it. I was tempted to take it. But I’m glad I didn’t.
The next step was to see if I could sell it to a traveller.