Ian wrote:
> Here's an interesting one...
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/
>
> Off-topic because the bike is 1990's (but it's "Vintage" note!) and I found
> doing one of my usual world-wide searches on "Merckx".
>
> However this vendor is offering Free World-wide shipping on this and a lot of
> great stuff which is definitely on-topic and surely of interest to the list.
>
> Free w/w shipping on an entire bike??! - and also he / she has a zero ebay
> rating...
>
> What do you think?
>
> The stuff on offer looks legitimate I must say.
I too have been watching this bike.
This is apparently a new venture set up by Carsten Rehbein who has always traded under the cyclo24 ebay id (check out the ME page of the vendor). Carsten is well-respected and has supplied perhaps all the major collectors for quite some time. With regards the free shipping, I must admit to being very surprised to read this myself, but I have reread the description many times and cannot find any disclaimer myself. It is probably a good idea to ask before bidding however as it does state that the buyer pays all shipping costs at one point in the description.
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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
> Dear All,
>
> Here's an interesting one...
>
> <A
> HREF="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3637508807&category=7
> 298">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3637508807&category=72
> 98</A>
>
> Off-topic because the bike is 1990's (but it's "Vintage" note!) and I found
> doing one of my usual world-wide searches on "Merckx".
>
> However this vendor is offering Free World-wide shipping on this and a lot of
> great stuff which is definitely on-topic and surely of interest to the list.
>
> Free w/w shipping on an entire bike??! - and also he / she has a zero ebay
> rating...
>
> What do you think?
>
> The stuff on offer looks legitimate I must say.
>
> I won't be bidding on this item - not because I'm not interested, I
> definitely - am because this particular bike is right up my street...
>
> However I'm just waiting for the fallout from my wife when she sees the
> delivery of the two Merckx bikes that have bought in the last fortnight!!!
> There's
> going to be hell folks!
>
> Ian Briggs
> Luton - UK.