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dugfast
23-07-2004, 06:09 PM
I think its a good idea to put the state or city youre from into the for sale template title. I know its already in the message itself, but it saves having to go into the thread if the bikes from the other side of australia and costs a fortune to ship it to your current location.

maybe add this idea to the for sale template sticky?
Rik
24-07-2004, 01:07 AM
I think it would be a good reccomendation. I've seen it used on another forum, where sellers would have [syd] or [melb] etc as the start of their post title. But to enforce the rule is a bit much, just keep it as a reccomedation/guideline.
Grip
24-07-2004, 09:15 AM
I think that with relatively cheap freight and postage here in OZ the labling of a State might actually work against a seller with some buyers not even bothering to look at an ad because they mistakenly think it will cost a fortune.

One good seeling point would be for the seller to actually investigate freight cost and include THAT in their for sale ad.
notb4dinner
24-07-2004, 10:32 AM
I'm with Grip, most sellers seem pretty willing to post interstate. Perhaps instead sellers who won't post can put [Vic Only], [Syd Only] etc.
dugfast
24-07-2004, 12:47 PM
One of my friends was looking to get a bike from vic and it was going to cost 180 to ship. Thats why i put this thread up, but is that figure wrong? what would it normally cost?
Rexy
24-07-2004, 05:38 PM
i think the $180 is a bit wrong, as it only cost me $73 to get my bike across the nuallabor from adelaide-perth, including the box.
im with grip on this one, people who wont post should say so in the title, i hate going into something and having a look at it only to find out sydney only or something.
dugfast
24-07-2004, 06:40 PM
i think the $180 is a bit wrong, as it only cost me $73 to get my bike across the nuallabor from adelaide-perth, including the box.
im with grip on this one, people who wont post should say so in the title, i hate going into something and having a look at it only to find out sydney only or something.

rexy, how did you get it there? with aus post or courier? or something else?
Tamar
25-07-2004, 09:20 PM
I think some indication of state/city would be really helpful. Not everyone is willing to pay away big cash for a bike unseen.