In a message dated 5/7/2003 4:25:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, steve@sburl.com
writes:
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> Correct me if I am wrong, but this looks like a Schwinn Twinn that the
> seller is trying to pawn off as a Paramount tandem. I wrote the seller
> informing of my suspicion.
> http://ebay.com/
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> Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
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You are correct. Maybe $750 for a Town and Country, but a recoated Twinn at anywhere near that, is quite a bit. Granted, on a per=pound basis, it's bargain. Tandems with idlers in the boob tube are just bottom end. The Twinn is well made and has that blasted too-short rear top tube like the Paramount.
Maybe this 'green' new seller who has a 'store' (We 'workshop and hands-on' shops resemble that word 'store') just put in the wrong fotos.
Hopefully we vigilant can call it to their attention. While we have our peeves with ebay (especially many o' my fellow bikeshop folk who pay much more for modern equipment that many stay-at-home hobbysellers sell it for, and many of them are doing it from the offices of our government and their private sector employers which is part of the $322b per year time theft epidemic) the one of duping unsuspecting buyers is among the worst.
Thanksfor pointing that out
I sell excelent used Twinns for $300-$500 with shop warranty, and a good Paramount twofer would fetch $900-$1500. Stiff, but short.
Larry Black
MtAiry, Md