[CR] Ebay Relisting was Colnago tandem on eBay

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From: "Eric Elman" <tr4play@home.com>
To: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <002c01c05edb$f07c4a60$6cf9fea9@jim2>
Subject: [CR] Ebay Relisting was Colnago tandem on eBay
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:58:30 -0600


Aldo,

Seems crazy but during the summer I offered a list of items for sale to this CR group. About 1/3 of it sold. I then placed about 6 of the remaining items on ebay with opening bid amounts a little less then my offers to the group but with the reserve equal to my CR offer. Some sold, some did not. Two of the items I didn't sell I relisted with higher amounts just for the hell of it and you know what - I started getting bids and made out pretty good on those two items. Moral of the story - Ebay defies common sense and logic and you should expect the unexpected!

Eric Elman


----- Original Message -----
From: Aldo Ross
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: {ClassicRend]Colnago tandem on eBay


CR I'm still scratching my head about this one... a Colnago Super (NR/SR mix) tandem on eBay. It failed to reach reserve during the first auction, with a high bid of $1025

http://ebay.com/<blah>

Now it's relisted with an minumum opening bid of $2500

http://ebay.com/<blah>

or, you can "buy it now" for $6000!

If no one was willing to go over $1025 the first time, what are the odds of getting $6G out of it one week later?

Aldo Ross