[CR]NOS et vous?

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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:49:44 -0500
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, nickzz@mindspring.com, steve@sburl.com
Subject: [CR]NOS et vous?

Nick Zatezalo, responding to Stephen Barner, wrote: <snip> My evaluation system reduces the price of an item by 20- 30% if it is not fresh and in the original packaging. That to me is NOS.

There is nothing wrong with these take-off / out of the wrapper items. They are just not 'NOS' in my mind's eye.If a merchant or seller sold me an item without telling me it had been used prior; I would not be very pleased.

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Funny how each of us has his own value system, because it keeps things interesting. What sometimes gives me "buyer's remorse" is having NOS stuff around when I want to build up a "rider," the only kind of bike I have. I get so much pleasure from being able to use the used stuff without undue worry about damage that it more than makes up for the lessened market value of my parts relative to NOS. For me, the value is in pleasure of using the things rather than investment. I had the good fortune of spending a day with Joe B-Z, John P'lezzi, and Martin Gold, helping to catalog and photograph Chris Beyer's lovely NOS parts collection, and I'm glad there are people who are keeping some examples of pristine piece-parts. These things have their own neatness (value), but I dont want things that I'd regret using for their intended purposes.

harvey sachs mcLean Va (Yeah, I break my own rules sometime. I really cherish my NOS Campy Sport one-wheel rear derailluer, beautiful workmanship and awful design. But, I don't plan to use it on a bike instead of as a conversation-starter!)