Dozens of pancal bicycles lined up neatly on the roadside Brigadier General Katamso, Banyuwangi, to be exact a few meters behind the Banyuwangi DPRD office yesterday afternoon (21/10). There is an old school bicycle, there is a mini bike, there are also mountain bikes, and several other types of bikes.
That's not parking. Not even a used bicycle exhibition booth. Bicycle- Those neatly lined bicycles are Ismanto's merchandise, 65, local people. It's been about a year since the father of three has opened a selling business- buy a used bicycle.
Not only serving buying and selling transactions, he also serves purchases with the trade-in method. Because the sport of bicycles is increasingly popular with the public, Ismanto tried to seize the opportunity. As a result, since he opened a business about a year ago, On average in a day he is able to sell one to two units of used bicycles to consumers.
"Buyers come from Banyuwangi City and surrounding areas"," he said. It says, although the majority of consumers buy used bicycles for their daily transportation needs, not a few consumers who buy used bicycles just for sports purposes.
Interesting, Ismanto's customers do not only come from Banyuwangi City and its surroundings. Otherwise, not infrequently he serves buyers from outside the island, to be precise, consumers from the Madura islands. “I have several customers from the Madura Islands. Buy them once (original buyers of the islands) can be up to three to five bikes. Maybe for sale again in their original area," he said.
Ismanto's used bicycles are set at varying prices, from hundreds of thousands of rupiah to Rp 1 million per unit. Not a new type of bike, The used bicycle that he sells for millions of rupiah is actually an unto . bicycle.
“The older and the better the condition of the unto the bicycle, the price is getting more expensive," he said. It is just, Ismanto must be more patient waiting for the unto the bike to be sold. If other types of bicycles have been sold in a maximum of two weeks, unto bikes usually only sell for over a month.
“Because the fans are limited, the price is more expensive than other types of pancal bikes that I sell,"Account". Ismanto deliberately left the condition of the used bicycle as it is. He doesn't put stickers on or repaint to make the used bike look more attractive. He just fixed the brakes, saddle, bars, or rim, the used bicycle before being sold to consumers.
"If you put a sticker on it", consumers are not even sure. They think a certain part is broken. If left like this, consumers know the actual condition of the bike. No doubt," he said. Still according to Ismanto, in every unit of bicycle sold, he usually only earns Rp 25 thousand to Rp 50 thousand.
"However, if the purchase is made with the exchange method- add the result can be bigger. Because apart from being able to profit from the bikes sold, I got stuff for sale again,he said. Meanwhile, one of the customers, namely Sugeng, admits that he often buys and sells used bicycles with Ismanto.
Usually he buys a bicycle from someone and then sells it to Ismanto. “I also buy a bicycle for myself or for my grandson. Buying a new bike is expensive," he concluded. (radar)
