CycleTrader.Com

[LDRydr]

I've had my '04 H-D Ultra posted for sale on Craigslist for some time now, and finally reached the decision to look into other advertising options. I decided I'd look into CycleTrader.com first, then eBay (I sold my last '01 Electra Glide on eBay and was happy with the way it turned out). I started looking over the process for placing an ad on-line. Multiple packages, both print and on-line, the more you pay the more you get. But the top-o-the-line "Super Deluxe" ($69) still only gives you 9 photos. Photos sell, so I wanted more. I wondered if I could put a tinyurl.com address in my ad pointing to my Webshots site where I have a bunch of pictures.

So, on the morning of 2/15 I sent an email off to their Customer Service asking them, in the hope I could get an ad placed in time for the weekend. An auto-responder quickly responded back to me saying "We've received your message, your message is very important to us, and a customer service representative will respond within two business days". Since it was early in the morning I was still hopeful I'd get a reply that day so I could purchase my ad. NOT!

10 days later I finally get a reply saying "sorry, we don't allow links in ads, be sure to contact us if you have further questions". Right. If I did my customer-support like CycleTrader.com I'd be out of business. I'll bet they hate Craigslist.org. How long should it take to reply to one simple e-mail question?

 

[twowheelnut]

I will never use cycletrader.com again. Never got a response except from Nigerians and you are right - the CS sucks. Two thumbs down.

 

[phil]

I sold my V-Max on CycleTrader, after failing on E-Bay. Their website is like something out of 1967, but it is widely read, at least here in the South. And it CAN get results.

 

[Ford68xl]

I used Cycle Trader to sell my custom Warrior when all I got were insulting offers from the ebay crowd. Got great results. Sorry you had a bad experience.

 

[faster675]

sold my last two bikes on cycle trader, great results.

... in my ad I said: "Lots more mods than I can list, please send request by e-mail or phone for more info and pics"

... I got lots of requests ...

 

[dbvolfan]

They just revamped their website to make it look more like the 2007 instead of 1997.

Havent tried them yet....I had good luck with craigslist but then again I was selling a little old 600.