But Harvey, you're not addressing the maining of NOS. Your addressing the meaning of owning NOS.
On the other hand, I do pretty much agree with the points you
made. In some ways, I find owning NOS parts to be something of
a quandry. I hate to wear them out but I hate having them sit
on the shelf unused.
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> 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!)
>
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