Re: [CR]1970 Masi-ebay

(Example: Bike Shops)

From: "J.Dunn" <bikehunter@icehouse.net>
To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>, <Wdgadd@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <116.12202b01.2a2c2ef9@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]1970 Masi-ebay
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:48:00 -0800


Dale wrote: ..FWIW, I gag when someone writes stuff like "I
> reserve the right to end this auction at any time as it brings a tear to my
> eye to part with such a beautiful bicycle." Geez, give me a break!!

What's worse, IMHO, is this statement: "Shipping with insurance to the lower 48 states will be $75. I am charging extra for the shipping as I will use more packing materials for this job."

Does this mean that if this were, say, only a $500 bike that the seller would have less concern that it reached his high bidder undamaged??

John Dunn in Boise


----- Original Message -----
From: OROBOYZ@aol.com
To: Wdgadd@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]1970 Masi-ebay



> In a message dated 6/2/2002 8:41:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Wdgadd@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << Wondering what all the Masisti on the list think about this one:
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Nice bike... not, as in the title "1970" but yes, as in the body of the
> description, early 1970s..FWIW, I gag when someone writes stuff like "I
> reserve the right to end this auction at any time as it brings a tear to my
> eye to part with such a beautiful bicycle." Geez, give me a break!! If this
> seller is one of us (a CR member) I urge you to not indulge in these kind of
> melodramatic silliness, it demean all of us!
> But then I can't even stand cutesy stuff like "Thanks for looking", so maybe
> I am just a grump.
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina