I was going to bid $50, but the bidding blew right past that level. Note that the winning bidder is Japanese, (email ends in .jp). However, the second higest bid was still over $94 and was evidently not from Japan. Maybe collectors on both sides of the Pacific saw this as that perfect accessory to complete that Herse or Singer. Considering a Carradice bag and Nitto bag rack from Rivendell will cost about the same, I can't really say the price is totally unreasonable, I was just too cheap to pay it.
Regards,
Jerry "my most expensive French bike is a LeJeune" Moos
Roy H. Drinkwater wrote:
> on 11/27/00 9:05, Roy H. Drinkwater wrote:
>
> > Here's an example (no connection to or knowledge of vendor) of my point
> > that ebay is fairer than just listing:
> >
> > http://ebay.com/
> >
> > A NOS TA handlebar bag with stem rack. Haven't seen this in a long time,
> > don't have a prime French tourer to put it on. I have a feeling that there's
> > going to be a lot of interest in it and it's going to go for a high price
>
> Auction Results:
>
> The Auction Started on Sunday the 26th, got 1 bid for $25 on the 27th,
> and then stayed there until Sunday the 3rd. With two hours to go, the
> first bidder increased by 65%, 1/2 Hour to go, the bids start coming in,
> first a small increase, than a very large bid (the winner). Then with 10
> minutes left, another bidder starts in jumping up the bids, than with 5
> seconds left a sniper bids, but the very large bid wins at $95.49...
>
> > Maybe I would
> > have paid 2x, 3x or 4x the price "qbikes" listed and then sold it for.
> >
> > So by posting on ebay, I have a chance to get that rare item, and the
> > seller gets to make more.
>
> Well it went for nearly four times what "qbikes" started at, and even if
> he had put it on the list for $75, he made nearly 20 bucks more. If I had
> really, really wanted it, I would have put up a very large bid too. The ibob
> list is discussing the "Buy it now" feature, I haven't an opinion on that
> yet!
>
> Roy H. Drinkwater
> Lititz, PA