Re: [CR]Here we go on Ebay again...Peugeot

<Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Here we go on Ebay again...Peugeot

> I believe he is list member Mario Girasa who ID'd himself to all of us just
> a few weeks ago. I have bought a number of his auction items and contacted
> him in privite on some other items I needed and he came through on those
> too. He knows what he has and its' value and is able to get top dollar;
> seems reasonable given the very high quality of the high end items he's
> selling. If I recall correctly he had a connection to Mike Kone from
> Bicycle Classics back when it was located here in the East. He's a great
> source of parts and I would recommend him to anyone on the list.
>
> Eric Elman
> Somers, CT
> (yes, I got the Sutter in the house and no one noticed - I guess things are
> so out of hand now that one other bike doesn't draw attention anymore -
> that's good......right?!)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
> To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>; <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:28 PM
> Subject: RE: [CR]Here we go on Ebay again...Peugeot
>
>
> >
> > Dale wrote:
> > >
> > > This looks like a very nice bike.. Is the seller one of our CR "club"
> > > members? I would like to have nice large versions of those
> > > pictures for the
> > > CR....
> > >
> > > http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> >
> > I sorta know who the guy is (know his name anyway), from buying something
> > from him. I bet a few of us know who he is, as he has positive feedback
> > from 115 unique buyers just since November, and classic lightweight stuff
> is
> > pretty much all he sells. I've e-mailed him to ask if I can "out" him,
> but
> > I'll respect his wish if he'd rather remain anonymous.
> >
> > He had to switch to the alias Photocyclist in November when his previous
> > alias, gomesbike, was booted by ebay for "keyword spamming" - too much
> > naming of other brand names in auction descriptions so your auction will
> > turn up in searches. I feel he was unjustly booted. While I don't like
> > keyword spamming when it's excessive or intended to mislead, the ones he
> was
> > booted for were mild in my opinion - I see plenty worse every day.
> >
> > I mention the gomesbike alias because in fairness he ought to get credit
> for
> > all that positive feedback he had accrued under his old alias too.
> >
> > He's got over a hundred auctions going right now including the '58 Campy
> > crank currently over $1000 with a week to go! I would like to know where
> he
> > gets all this stuff - anyone know?
> >
> > Mark Bulgier
> > Seattle, Wa
> > USA