Bikesales.com.au

I advertised my bike (to sell for $12500) with top promotion purchase. First- they won’t approve your ad as quickly as they say (2 hours during business hours) Second- the ad is not user friendly at all for sellers. You can see your own ad in detail from purchasing end but if you want to go to your ad to see and manage it (there is way to do it)… Read more

but is not user friendly at all. Third- despite the top promotion payment, the inquiries you get are none. I posted ad in here and Facebook marketplace at the same time. Any changes to ad were done simultaneously in both platforms. I paid Bikesales $149 and $30 in Facebook for ad and promotion. Facebook approved it in minutes, I got more than 5 inquiries in Facebook in less than 24 hours and sold bike in reasonable price within 24 hours. During this whole period I got not a single inquiry in bikebiz. Bikebiz placed my ad most of this time in “awaiting approval status” where Facebook actually sold my bike. I removed ad with no inquiry.

Bikesales is the only secure platform and dedicated to bikes. The pay through Bikesales feature is an absolute plus and a bonus with no charges. Easy and secure and the money is deposited straight into your account at the time of sale including any deposits.

i have sold a couple of other bikes over the years and always sold quite quickly. I never exaggerate the item. Always check existing for sales check their prices against my Item and price accordingly to opposition. Asking a fair price regarding age and condition, it took me 2 weeks to sell my Z900 Kawasaki. Buyer paid listed price which is what I expected. I did find it beneficial to pay for a premium advertisement $100 Show reply

I was able to sell my kids quad bike with ease via bike sales.com.au This is a site is for genuine buyers not id*ot time wasters that you get on the like of gumtree, marketplace etc. thank you. Show reply

I have sold my motorcycle on Marketplace and I didn’t pay for any fees. Since I open the account on Bikesales and paid 89$ none asked about my bike. Waste of money. Marketplace way easier and no fees to pay if u sell.

Not 1 enquiry received through bikesales, while the identical ad on Facebook marketplace received nearly a dozen and ultimately sold to a FB user. Bikesales is redundant and a complete waste of money in my experience.

Do not waste your money. $100 down the drain. Pathetic performance not a single lead generated. Save your money and time and simply sell your bike on Facebook marketplace. Prepaid websites like this should be avoided and will ultimately become redundant.

I was quite happy with advertising my bike on Bikesales, but I was contacted by at least four scammers that were trying to get me to pay for a vehicle inspection for $99.00 - I googled it and it is a well known scam apparently. It would be good if you could somehow ban these people or report them.

It is a good app, easy to use and I have had success before. Also, I didn't get any time wasters and trolls like you do with that other Mark##Pl*** app.Just genuine people who are looking for a bike.

Used to be a good app, used it to buy and sell. But it’s total garbage now, the app runs but search is broken on my iPad. There’s no way to report a problem because they don’t want to know about it. So it’s trash.

They send fake enquiries from Bikesales, not real buyers. Pathetic. You as they come through the same "im interested in your add" they remain unread and no reply when you try contact. Should be illegal.

They are simply terrible, charging fee for advertising for which you don't get a response and you ultimately was able to sell it on Facebook Market place with consistent enquiries.

The platform works well and the messaging function is useful. I believe the platform is OK so long as you don't have any issues. I had a problem a couple of years ago purchasing a vehicle and found to my surprise that there was no support at all. Thanks Show reply

Being an aged motorcyclist, my Specialist said it was time to hang up my boots and sell my BMW. So I took my time and uploaded pictures of the bike that taken with my trusty Nikon DSLR together with a sub edited description of the motorcycle. My wife is a senior sub so the description was absolutely spot on. Within 24 hours I got a bite. The… Read more

would be buyer said he was working at a remote worksite in the Northern Territory. Well, seeing as the Territory is pretty remote area I accepted this at face value.

Then he said that the courier would only accept a BSB to BSB transaction and the matter would need to be via PayPal. I even received correspondences from PayPal, or so I thought.

I then contacted the buyer and said I'd check with PayPal. They told me it was a scam!

I next contacted the "buyer" and informed him what PayPal had said and he replied just send the money for the courier and he'd then fix it up with with PayPal.

So what are we talking about; the whole process was an attempt to rip me off.

What did I learn from this?:

1. Never give anything more than your account number and the bank's BSB number 2. Alway's speak to a person over the phone not just via an email address 3. If a person says "you can trust me" then obviously you can't trust them 4. Never ever send money to get a sale...it's just plain dumb 5. Always get them to inspect the motor vehicle.

That's what I learnt from using Bikesales and I'm now going to have the bike sold through a bike shop.

Oh, and for the record I didn't get ripped off and I didn't lose a cent except from the wasted $160 in advertising fees with Bikesales.

Look, there are some really bad people out there so be aware and don't trust anyone. It's a horrible world we live in and as a final note, the Nigerian lottery wins are making a comeback. Sigh!

Best Place to Buy & Sell a Bike – Always have good success on Bikesales. I believe genuine buyers will generally look for reputable place to buy a bike. Also, no scammers or time wasters this time, all enquiries I received were genuine. Show reply

Zero Communication – Trying to communicate with Bikesales during the last couple of days has been less than satisfactory. It all started with my existing Password being no longer acceptable. Unfortunately their on-line facility rejected all my attempts to supply an upgraded Password. So, tried once again yesterday to do the same but without success - bearing in mind I… Read more

can't access my add & related communications without getting to my page. So, sent an E-mail & rang them. Only an automated E-mail response & the phones aren't manned. Tried to ring again today & once again there is nobody there to answer the phone. How can a highly profitable, major business like Car Group not even answer a telephone. They clearly value their customers - not! So, no idea what to do. I'm happy if someone could offer a suggestion. I guess it's a sign of the times. Customers are just necessary evil, not only as far as Car Group is concerned but many other, particularly, large organisations!

Money for nothing – This is the 3rd time I've paid for a carsales network ad, and the 3rd time it hasn't worked. In fact, other than scam messages I received no genuine interest for any of my ads through the carsales network. Facebook marketplace is free, works via an app instead of browser, and had always resulted in my sales. I'll not be using this service again, just fb marketplace

FInd the right buyer! – Bikesales is the best way to find the right buyer! Published my ad in the morning and had a buyer coming to inspect the bike in the afternoon. Before, I had the bike on Facebook marketplace for almost three months and had just from non-genuine buyers and scammers. Show reply

Advertised for $215 and now I’m blocked fo no reason – Advertised bike yesterday they took my $215 and went on to see the add and notice I’ve blocked, I’ve done nothing wrong. Still can’t see if my bike is advertised. Totally regret having anything to do with Bikesales.com.au

Not what I'd hoped for – After advertising my bike on bikesales.com the number plates were cloned and dozens of fines and tolls were run up on them. Bikesales was the only place that the registration information had been advertised, yet when I approached them, my emails were ignored.

Blocked – Useless. Been using it buying & selling prob 7-8 bikes for many years. Suddenly I’m now a ‘bot’ apparently & I’m blocked. I have no idea why, I’m just a bloke looking at bikes. Back to Just Bikes now & they don’t stop me looking at bikes. My 2 banks don’t block me, my super fund doesn’t block me even the lotto app doesn’t block me but now I’m not allowed to look at bikes. Absolute fools

Listed at below market place, sold via Facebook. Don’t waste 85$ – Listed at below market place, no queries at Bikesales. 85$ spent on ad was a waste of money

Poor tool to contact sellers – For the buyer it is quite poor, afyer approaching many sellers, I have had a very poor contact rate. I would say 1 out of 10. Some are already sold, usually dealer adverts. Compared to fb marketplace, fb wins hands down. The search facility is great, the prices are ib general 10-20% higher I guess to accommodate sellers fees. I mainly use it as a rough guide for prices. I don't bother contacting sellers because as I said the success rate is low. Show details

Lots of good bikes but nobody actually responds – Contacted 6 sellers about their bike(s). The only person who bothered to respond said they were on vacation. I don't know if it is because of how the site works or if it was just bad luck but eventually I just went through Healey's - got the bike the same day I inquired about it. Either the sellers on this site don't actually want to sell their bikes or there is some kind of communication issue. Show details