Originally Posted by
corrado33
Often times I find BBB very useful, if only for their original MSRP values. This bike sold for $570 new. Given it's close to 10 years old now and is a very entry level bike, I'd price it around 150. 200 if it's pristine and EVERYTHING WORKS AS NEW.
Yup, it can be useful for original MSRP. And before the wonky format change, it could be useful for seeing a few stock items to help differentiate between model years for older bikes.
Of course bikepedia or the brand's website archives have this info and typically a lot more.
The actual reason for BBB's existence, the value segment, is completely useless. It wildly undervalues bikes as they age and it doesnt take season of year, location, or current comparable inventory into account. These 3 things are vital to accurately valuing a bike(or really any used product). Lets not get into frame size affecting value.
That website existing is worse than if it didnt.
But yeah, it often has MSRP.