Bought it, washed it, and took REALLY good pictures. How much can we make? 

Honestly I think the lesson here is less "if you're selling a bike, take good photos" and more "if you're buying a bike, don't get put off by bad photos". You saved a chunk of money by looking past the mediocre photos...

If you agreed at 950 and you drive to where they wanted to meet up then had the audacity to change their offer to a low ball offer to you after wasting your time and gas... I would have left immediately without neogiating and went to the back up.

This Flip Bike content is too good! Unfortunately I had somebody break into my house to steal a recent mountain bike project of mine. Proper gutted, but absolutely ready to get another one and go through the fixing up process all over again. Your Flip Bike series has been a big motivator for me to get into bikes and fixing them up. Love your approach and attitude to everything you do. From New Zealand, thank you!

I would gladly pay your asking price for the work you did. Knowing it was gone over with by someone as meticulous as you are makes it a steal not to mention the extras you threw in. I'm just as picky with my stuff when it comes to keeping stuff clean and original. Presentation is EVERYTHING! I used to detail vehicles. It's amazing what you can do with some elbow grease. I've seen some pretty impressive transformations with just a little housekeeping. Lady got a screaming deal.

Flip bike! One of my favorite series. I stumbled upon the channel being an RC addict; now I'm a MTN Bike addict too. Lol

As a real estate broker, I see this all the time - poorly marketed homes selling for much less than they should. Prior to this seller-friendly market we're in now, they wouldn't sell at all.

Your descriptions are the thing that set you apart the most, so precise and genuine!!

Soooo...all told a net loss. Your valuable time, fuel to transport the bike for both buy and sell, and the work you put into cleaning/adjusting it. In terms of flip, net loss...in terms of education on what not to do...priceless. Great video and absolutely worth my time. Thanks much.

There's probably a good reason why Seth didn't proceed with a full rundown of the sale. The buyer took advantage of Seth's generosity. Pricing it at 999 is already a steal and her decision to meet up at a bike shop and to suddenly offer 860 to Seth is a scummy move. Didn't they agree to a 950 deal? I somewhat hope the buyer didn't get the freebies lol

He’s mentioned a number of “beginner errors”. I would love to see him go over a deep dive of professional quality service/cleaning.

Extremely waiting for flip bike series, am so.. excited 😊 This made my day cool. I almost watch every flip bike series on mornings ,it make me feels good.

A video detailing "newbie mistakes" would be a great idea! At my shop I often see folks come in with an issue that has a very simple solution or is cause by uneducated bike handling. You'd be surprised how many people ask "I'm not supposed to pedal when I shift right?" might be a good video to show common and simple mistakes and misconceptions for new bike owners!

You can always use a soft light filter, like a bed sheet, to soften the direct sun light. A price of foil insulation works as a reflector to help with shadows.

Seth literally lost money by agreeing to 900 dollars even at 999$ it would've still been a steal deal, considering gas prices these days you definitely had a lose there but at least u get it back cuz this videos definitely blowing up once again. Keep up the good work Seth love your videos definitely makes my day.

I love flipping bikes. This is my favorite part of Berm Peak/Express. You have come a long way since Seth's Bike Hacks and are a huge force in the industry. Thanks for your dedication and service to the mountain bike community.

Amazing work. I love what you do. It would be nice to see how much you can restore an older bike, no disk breaks and all. You seriously do an amazing job ! You inspire me to update as much as possible my bike and my kids bikes. THANK YOU !

Love this series. In the past year I've bought four old bikes to flip. Except now I have four old bikes I enjoy riding. Foster failure.

Idk if it's "greedy" to expect someone to pay the price they agreed to **and** had a shop/mechanic verify the bike was actually worth **at least** that much... It's kind of a weird spot to put you in to start with (i.e. haggling in front of a bike shop), and having a mechanic say "yeah, the thing's mint; we sell'em for $1200 right inside" and she still turns around and says "$860, deal?" Pretty uncool, imo. Point being: you're generous, a good steward of the sport, and while it's obviously not all about the money, this could set kind of a bad precedent (though of course this kind of behavior is rife elsewhere on Marketplace). And I get it, she was trying to a) not get taken advantage of, and b) get a good deal, and that's totally fine -- but both those points would have been true even if she'd paid $999 or certainly $950. Taking $900 makes Seth the one who got taken advantage of, and he def doesn't deserve it given all he's done for the sport in the Asheville area.

This is by far one my most favorite series youtube. Not sure why, maybe its the DIY guy in me but I get so stoked when a flipbike episode pops up. Keep em coming my dude.

I'm just a kid getting into mtb and I love watching you and you are always teaching me new things I'm hitting bigger jumps and learning how to help other because of you and for that I thank you

Please keep doing this series, as a bicycle addict myself I buy and sell bikes very often, not necessarily to make a profit but to ride and enjoy several cool and interesting bikes and then be able to sell them without breaking the bank, keep up the awesome videos Seth!

Really enjoyed your video. I especially appreciate your attention to detail when preparing the bike (or product) for sale. Then again, you were very fortunate to get this bike, no scratches or major repairs. The original owner had the right price but obviously slacked on preparing the bike for sale visually. The Trek “Roscoe” model seems very popular right now, and that color was hot! PS - nothing irritates me more than seeing a great bike that is poorly cared for. Looking forward to the next episode.

Just bought this exact bike (purple) for 1200 AUD in the exact same condition as this video. It was nice to see that I wasn't ripped and I bought a nice bike !!!

Flip bike is so entertaining to watch big thanks to Seth for creating content for us

Wow, who remembers when Seth was Seth's Bike Hacks? I think I have watched him since 800k, and really his only two series were building up Berm Creek and the bike hacks videos. Now he has several successful bits, and its been really cool to see his channel grow.

I've recently found your channel as I'm getting back into bike riding and I just now realized you're somewhat local as I live in SC. I have my old college bike, a 2009 Diamondback Outlook, which is old and tired. I had considered upgrading it by watching your channel but I've decided to look around for something already closer spec'd to what I want. Thanks for the awesome content!

Thank you for making these videos. This is by far my favorite content you create. Don't get me wrong, all your videos are good but I love these videos

Hey, Seth! I have an amazing Giant Farrago that I cant ride anymore after an injury. I'd love to donate it, find it a good home, and see what you could do with it! It's more of a road hybrid bike but maybe you could make it MTB friendly! Lmk, cheers

I made so much during the pandemic bike surge by buying bikes, doing simple cleaning, tuneups and doing good ads. It was free money. I’d sell bikes within minutes of listing them.

Hey Seth, cool video and generous of you to throw in some gifts. Good work, beautiful clean bike!

Great Channel! Good info and great selling advice! Thanks!

Learning how to fix and tune a bike is such a nice skill to have. I definately saved a ton of money doing everything myself, and it's also fun. Every time I got someone wondering how much my bike is, they were thinking about something like $1500. I was like, meh, I paid $350. LOL

I recently flipped my old 200 quid Trek full sus for a 250 quid profit! Good photos are a must!

Only found this channel recently, absolutely love it, I want to get back into the jumps and sketchy sh1t I was doing when I was younger on a much cheaper bike, this week I bought a 2022 ProGear duel suspension 19" trail bike for $617 (obviously with a discount code and the price already on special) so fairly it's a $869 mountain bike, I then went and bought a Deity copperhead 31.8mm stem, Deity bladerunner pedals, Deity supacush grips, Pro FRS high rise 31.8mm handlebar and Pro end plugs to get me started so without discounts and stuff I'm $1,415 into this deal and I can't wait ti get back out on trails and start flying again amd yours videos inspired me to do it, I originally bought the bike just ride around so thanks mate love it keep it up.

Amazing work !!! Good job.

YES, IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A FLIPBIKE!!!!

i just love these videos! Haven't finished it yet but with your consistency of quality I know what I am in for!! Thank you Seth :)

Very valuable video im trying to sell my first MTB right now and I could use all the tips I can get. I appreciate it. Cleaned it, checked it out, took ok pics but not like yours by any stretch. Thanks Seth!

Sir you are a good man! Always learn and enjoy your videos! Thank you!

Seth is one generous dude. Putting the new grips on, taking the time to clean it, dial it in, meet at a bike shop to get it checked out (good move by the consumer), and then still agree to a lower price when the bike shop said it was basically brand new and he still says he came out ahead? Man, generous dude. I bet he still gave the bottles and swag.

Thank you Seth! I once helped a buddy of mine sell his bike online and he wasn’t getting many offers, but I retook the pictures with a decent camera and good lighting, and rewrote his description and he managed to sell it for 300$ more than what he was asking! Really great tips for the mountain bike community to know!

Enjoyed your video! Loved the way you cleaned and tuned that nice bike.

you are just amazing Seth ! keep up the good work !

I have a roscoe 7, love it and wouldn't want to sell it. It'll outperform me for years to come, but still excited to see how much value I might be retaining

I love the content. You gotta love this stuff to work that hard for $100 or so. It's definitely more of a hobby that pays for itself than a money maker. When I sell something I don't drive more than a few miles so it's easy to control the terms or walk without much investment. It's harder to do that if you have an hour drive involved and all the gas money unless it's a very high profit item.

Thanks man this made my day. Makes me wish i scoured the internet for a lightly used rockhopper but im still the happiest person alive with my budget rockhopper from specialized. Keep on keepin on bro! You make my day wayyy better!!

Love this series

Seth, Something I saw on TikTok is to never go $999. People with the extra money will enter search parameters starting at $1k and will never see your ad. By pricing it initially at $999 you've rendered your ad invisible to so many potential buyers. They said that the whole $999 thing is so 2010. Price your ads with nice round numbers and you should see better results. Hope this helps going forward. Love the series.

Another small thing that goes a long way is a really good detailed description of the bike

I love this video series! keep them coming Seth.(:

Nice job on the clean up , photos and sale. It turned out perfect. Too cool. My dog Max rides around in the same seat basket. He loves it as it lets him see out the car windows. Best wishes to you and yours.

Thanks for posting this!

Laugh in his face? This guy did nothing wrong or sneaky. He just didn’t know enough. Glad you didn’t do that.

Love this series so much. Thanks Seth!

Loved the lounge-lizard music during the bike photoshoot segment. Stay safe out there!

Wild to see what this channel has become from where it started. Seth’s Bike Hacks was my go to back in the day and it’s wild to see now.

Great video as always, Seth! By the way, would you mind sharing the brand and where you get that transparent bleeder cup? Thanks🤘

This is a great example of how it isn't usually worth it to flip a bike. He made $100 and probably did at least 2 hours of work including pictures and photography, then spent probably another hour or so actually selling it. That isn't the worst hourly rate, but there are likely better ways to spend your time. Also, I wonder how much Seth being something of a known quantity comes into play, he didn't make it sound that way, but might have the lady stuck to her guns on $860 if it was just an average citizen not wielding swag? They make for entertaining videos though!

I have not owned a bike for the better part of a decade, but this channel is just so entertaining. I feel i have more knowledge about bikes than most people that actually own one lol.

Love to watch your video its very educational as a newbie

I have a Roscoe 8 for my hardtail. Great bike, it is so much better with an air fork (like what comes on the 7 and 8) than with the coil (which the 6 comes with). That would've been one upgrade I would've done.

Let's recap, So she says she wants the bike, gets it checked out by bike mechanics, all good, looks mint accommodation, proceeds to LOWBALL an offer after getting it verified it's still practically brand new, also most likely knows by now that it has an extra $100+ in brand new products that are freebees and still haggles to $900. 😂 I would have walked! Some people, I tell ya!

I reall really enjoy this series! I want more! I would love some vintage mtb stuff to!

Thats great advice. Sold 3 bikes in the last year. Stripped down and full service all of them and got top end of price. The other thing i found is there was little or no haggling as they saw the bikes were in great shape. Probably spent half a day on each bike and it was worth it. Photos are tricky but they can be the difference in selling

This might be an odd request, but I'd love to see Seth do a review of his Honda Ridgeline. I feel like its been in so many videos and it appears to be a solid workhorse for him. Plus Seth reviewing anything is just pure entertainment!

This bike was in such a good condition. I can't believe that the guy selling originally rode the bike for the entire year. The woman you sold it to... this was not her first negotiation. It's cool that you gave some freebies. She is probably in the clouds over this deal. Great video. One request. If in the future you have to work on a derailleur or replace it, can you explain how to mount it properly and how to get the tension correct. Thanks.

Great timing for this project. A bunch of new riders bought bikes in '20 and used them once!

Keep up the awesome videos!!

am i the first? very nice video already seth!

Reflector or not is probably one of those "local traffic regulations" thing. Certainly, in Sweden, front, rear, and side reflectors are required for a bicycle to be road-legal in the dark.

You did the extra work, the money is earned. Shopping for used cars for my son recently I told him (on so many) if they can't be bothered to take decent pics, can't be sure how they cared for it / move on.

Love the motor drive sound effect.

I think bad photos are also sometimes good for marketing because it looks more genuine. Some products that have really good photos sometimes look fake and is not the real thing so photos like what this bike was in, actually looked very real and genuine so people would think that what's in the photo would be what it would also look like in real life. I think the guy selling this was probablly just unlucky lmao

I think there's a lot of factors in this video that weren't considered to being the reason why the bike could be sold at a higher price. Yes, the pictures work wonders to show how good the condition of the bike is, but I think location also makes a big difference. Selling bikes in a place like South Carolina where Seth bought it may be much harder because of lack of interest and less trails in the area. Asheville is possibly one of the best places to sell a bike because of such a dense population of those interested in mountain biking, which might be a contributing factor for why Seth was able to sell it more quickly at a higher price

There is no way that i just ordered my Trek Roscoe 6 and then you post a video with the bike. Must be a sign. Nice video, thanks for doing stuff like that.

A lot of this felt like a classic Seth video. It was refreshing.

The real lesson here is, don't buy a $1200 bike if you THINK you might want to get in to biking

Seth considered mocking the original owner of the Roscoe 💀

I accually bought this exact bike last year. Works great and I love it. Def a great start into mountian biking. I'm surprised you didn't change the pedals, the ones that come stock are super crappy. Anyways enjoyed the video

this is a great video, good job!

Seth got powned, let's be honest

If I drove to a bike shop to have the bike milled over by a random tech to then have the buyer low ball me even more with some bike blue book nonsense? I would be laughing and leaving with my bike. Yea that person did NOT deserve that bike...Its petty but I hope you kept your swag.

I get that this video is about the importance of posting a nice ad, but if I was just flipping a bike and not trying to make content, I would consider that $100 over what I spent either a loss or breaking even with the amount of time and driving. I absolutely love these videos, looking forward to more!

Love these flip bike videos. If you ever had the time or interest, it would be fun to do a similar series to wheeler dealers, start off with a fairly cheap hardtail, flip it, use the cash to buy a nicer bike, repeat till you've a fancy Santa Cruz or Yeti. See how long it takes!

Yo Seth what's a good suggestion for a mid level 27.5 that's cheap but really reliable?

I love the comments going into great detail how he lost money on this deal.... I wish I could lose money like Seth...

I’ve been watching you since 6th grade and I just graduated high school keep the videos up!

I enjoy the flip bike episodes and am glad to see they are working for the channel. Let’s see one where you don’t leave $ on the table. Every flip I’ve seen you could have sold for more. On the flip side-Seth’s approach to sales is really to “brake” even (see what I did there)🤣, and spread the joy and enthusiasm of mountain biking! It seems like the bike shop did the best in this deal. Do the buyers really not recognize you?

Hi Seth, I hope this finds you well. I recently found out about a top notch titanium bike frame company IN MY TOWN called Number 22 Bicycle Company.And it just so happens that they sell this wacky mountain bike/that only has onefront post, instead of the twin shocks. I thought maybe you might be able to do some sort of collaboration with them. (P.S. the bike frame in question is called Old King if you’re interested) That is all, please stay safe out there. Edit: I’ve been informed that that’s probably just how it’s configured. Still awesome frames though

Soon to be re-listed for an extra $100 just like every other bike on FB marketplace. Everybody's a flipper now.

I wasn't thinking about laughing at the original guy. I was thinking the $100 profit was offset by all the driving!!! Great vid though - keep em coming.

The tune up alone was worth the extra $100 to the person who bought it. Considering the extra gear to go along, you just helped a guy sell a bike and gave an extraordinary deal to the buyer. Well done.

Actually, with labor and shop essentials, probably lost a few or maybe broke even. If you work for $25/hour (which includes your garage overhead, tools and accumulated knowledge) travel time, fuel, vehicle wear and tear, it's a loss. Real business criteria. Sure $100 in pocket, but not profit. I put this here only for younger folks who may not understand the entire free market picture. If you were to only make $100 on each bike you spent 4 hours on, traveled 2 hours out and back to sell, you'd be in your parents basement forever. Seth, you're almost too nice. It was a perfect bike, the bike shop could never match that price and they would have come up with the money had you turned and packed it up.

I am a Trek employee. When we feel a used bike is the proper option for a customer, we tell them to meet the seller at a LBS because certain people dont know what to look for, sellers and buyers both. The most common thing we hear with bikes with big problems is "I bought this from someone..." and we immediately know the issue we are facing. So smart buyers will do this. Plus our mechanics are extremely good. When I say extremely, I mean I have been in the industry for years, working for brands like Cushcore, Specialized and other bike shops, now at Trek. These mechanics will look over your bike extensively and probably even test ride it themselves after checking bolts. Thats truly an awesome mechanic. We want the customer to have the best possible buying experience even if its not buying OUR bikes. The other thing is that this is truly an awesome beginner MTB. I mean think about it. How many hardtails, even used, can you buy with a dropper post under or around 1k? Not very many. Bang for the buck, this thing is damn hard to beat. The ONLY change I would personally like to see is to get rid of the square taper BB. But for a beginner? Who cares! That thing will totally rip! And for Seth directly, You certainly already know this, but you lost money on this after the tools and bottles and stuff. And add in the time in labor and on top of the driving and rescources after fixing it up, you spent at least $150 on it afterwards. I also understand you motivation to get new riders out there using gear instead of keeping it sitting. Glad it went to a good new rider experimenting/exploring in the MTB scene.

great video mate i love your channel

I've just done the same thing with a motorcycle. It was advertised with the wrong brand with terrible photos and no description. Bought it for $1200 aud and have sold it for $2000 aud after just 5 days. All I did was wash it, ride it a little, fix up a few little things and take better photos, make a better advertisement with a great description. Not a bad way to make some quick cash

My daughter bought that same bike in purple, she loves it. That new of one is definitely worth the money!

i have this bike and can honestly say that you can’t really get much better the speed and the handling when your in the air on the jumps is so good and the brakes are just amazing aswell short brakes fro sharp turns the lot i really recommended it to anyone who wants to start mounting biking as it’s easy to ride 😁

LOL, when u said, so let's just sit around for a while and just... stare at it! I swear, I got a smile on my face and went, "sure" and proceeded to just... yeah... kept at it. Such a peaceful thing to have done. Maybe cuz I love mountain bikes especially the one by drive train ones and with the typical features that u guys take for granted but for a bicycle lover in India who hasn't been able to be too into current bicycles except when on youtube :) I dunno... I love it. With the dropper seat posts and all... I'll join u to chill n stare at it if u really want to LOL

i enjoy these vids so much