Dale and group:
I too tend to defer bidding on components / bikes on eBay when it means competing with a CR listmember. I do make exceptions to this policy. For example, "oldlugs" seems to go after damned near everything that I am interested in buying. On occasions I will attempt to outbid him on something and recall that he mentioned once in a message to the list (or perhaps in post bid correspondence over a Zeus that he won) that he also played that way. I do understand others' positions that it is an open market and, as such, is fair game for anyone that wants to go after an item.
That said, it would be useful for those of us that generally refrain from bidding against CR members to know the eBay pseudonyms that they use. Perhaps Dale or other listers would volunteer to compile and distribute a listing of them.
For the record, I'm "ctycycle" on eBay. No hard feelings if you guys snipe me. Really! I'll just put you on the no-holds-barred sub-list <grin>.
Charlie Young Honeybrook, PA Oh no, not only do you know where I bid, you know where I live.
> Well.... that is some bicycle! I would love to have it but I know it will be
> "too rich for my blood". Are we ready to start a pool as to predicting the
> final selling price? Of course, the reserve could be set higher than buyers
> are willing to go. Should be fun to see. I wish I had a rich relative who
> would conveniently pass away and leave me a small fortune!!!
> Also, I notice some bidders for various eBay items who I think may be CR
> members but because they are being stealthy (why?) their bidding names have
> no relationship to their regular e-mail identities. Without knowing what
> their IDs are, I cannot decide whether to defer to them in the bidding..
> Can''t think of an easy solution either! Ideas?
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina