Re: [CR]Selling a bike for a customer

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

In-Reply-To: <001801c3c234$ca6e73b0$aebe0b18@C1921978A>
References: <001801c3c234$ca6e73b0$aebe0b18@C1921978A>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 10:51:00 -0500
To: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@comcast.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Selling a bike for a customer


Tom Sanders wrote:
>Sheldon brown writes that he is selling a bike for a customer and
>seeking advice about putting it on E-Bay. Might I suggest that he
>offer this Masi to The Classic Rendezvous list at a reasonable price
>first before offering it to the rest of the world? I think it would
>be the correct thing to do, especially if advice from the list is
>solicited.

I told my customer that I would get the best price I could for him, so it would not be ethical for me to do anything else.

I've shared enough of my own technical knowledge and advice with this list and its individual members that I don't feel shy about asking for advice when I need it.

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