I believe Ken Toda in the past told us that "Kauzo" means "I will buy". Obviously hard to compete with that.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> Hi Steve:
>
> "kauzo" is Dr. Akihiko Amaki, a dentist in Tokyo I believe. Quite an avid
> collector, and a near-legendary eBayer willing to pay what seems like very
> large sums to us for his parts purchases. However, as Ken Toda pointed out
> just the other day IIRC, many of these "high-priced" goods often get
marked
> up again by brokers and re-sold to those who perhaps don't have
> English-language skills or eBay access, so Dr. Amaki is actually "saving"
> money, if you will.... It's also a "bragging rights" thing, I would
> imagine....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg "eBay wa, totemo omoshiroi desu ga, tokidoki takai desu" Parker
> Ann Arbor, MI USA
>
> ( = ebay is very interesting, but sometimes high (priced))
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:59:36 -0800
> > From: Steve Maas <smaas@nonlintec.com>
> > Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Is this worthy of the 2003 Market High List?
Stronglight
> > $787
> >
> >
> > Optimistic fool that I am, I had hoped to get this for my Allegro. The
> > bike probably had a 57 originally, and somewhere around '76, the
> > original owner ditched it for a cheapo Peugeot. (Sigh.) I had been
> > warned that these things go for big money, but I never expected $787.
> > The buyer is a guy who calls himself Kauzo, and he seems to be willing
> > to pay literally anything to get what he wants. Unfortunately, he's
> > looking for a lot of the same things I am, so I've lost a couple eBay
> > auctions to him.
> >
>
> <snip>