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.
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> 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