I just got a Zeus derailleur from Eric this week. I think he also shipped this before receiving my check, but we've both been on the list since almost the beginning and we've done a lot of deals, so there is a lot of mutual trust.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
> Sounds like CR member and ebay seller Matteo Brandi. He gets my vote as
> well for the same reasons. Hope it's OK to give a plug.
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> Dennis Young
> Hotaka, Japan
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> > Yesterday, Raoul Delmare made a comment (see below) about Eric.
> > Today, I would like to corroborate what Raoul said. I just finished
> > opening a box of parts that Eric sent me. Each and every part in the
> > box was very carefully wrapped. The condition of each and every part
> > easily met the descriptions he had posted on this list when he offered
> > them, in fact most exceeded my expectations by a large margin! I'm
> > in disbelief at how many excellent parts he sent me for such a meager
> > asking price.
> > But one of the nicest things about this purchase is something that in
> > this day and age is hard to put a "value" on. Eric needed to get a
> > quote from the post office for shipping the box outside of the USA.
> > So he takes the packed box to the post office and mails it to me right
> > then and there. I have sent him *NO* money. But he mails me the parts
> > anyway, on TRUST. Then he emails me to inform me of the mailing cost,
> > even saying not to "inconvenience" myself in a rush to obtain a money
> > order for him.
> > Eric has never met me and does not know me. I'm not some "famous" bike
> > guy, not known in "the hobby", not a "list luminary".... nothing like
> > that. But he extends his trust to me. I may never meet Eric, but I
> > know at least something about him. I recognize a class act when it
> > touches me. How refreshingly old school.
> > Thanks Eric!
> >
> > Brad Orr
> > Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada