Re: [CR]Campy dumped surplus inventory?

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From: Renaissance Cycles <info@renaissance-cycles.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Campy dumped surplus inventory?
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:35:07 -0700


I heard what was left of the U.S Campagnolo inventories,...........it all headed South! As like much of the lesser priced stocks here in Western Europe went EAST!

BC..................And the gang!!......In wet as ''HELL!''.................Holland!! Remembering getting a sale sheet from Corso! SL pedals $ 20.- pp, gave them a jiggle and said send me 40 prs! They thought I was........''NUTs!'' But why,..................................don't you want to buy some clipless?


----- Original Message -----
From: bikenut
To: classicrendezvous
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy dumped surplus inventory?



> Most of the SoCal cognoscenti know where much of the Suntour goodies went
> :^)
> Purchased at a Good Will or SVdP (?) daily auction for pennies on the
> dollar.
> Suntour folded up shop and somehow pallets of the good stuff ended up
> locally in
> San Diego as a 'charitable donation' .... Bought by a shop owner who slowly
> metered it out then found ebay ......fairly priced even there and then and
> by now
> it's long gone to the 4 winds.
>
> Matthew "only got some freewheels that were left" Gorski
> Muy Alta San Diego, CA
>
>
>
> <snip>
>
> > <RUMOR MILL ON> I have heard this too, but not from anyone near as
> > close to the top of the chain as Richard. </RUMOR MILL OFF> Having
> > seen with my two eyes what Suntour did when they closed up shop.
> > Maybe they didn't dump it in a dumpster but I'm sure lots of it went
> > for pennies on the dollar. I'm sure when Campagnolo came out with
> > the "new" stuff the "old" stuff went away in a sense that caold have
> > been called dumping.
> > enjoy,
> > Brandon"monkeyman"Ives