Re: [CR]The rise and fall of vintage bike collecting?- you're out of line

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From: <"Steve@Velochrome.com">
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]The rise and fall of vintage bike collecting?- you're out of line
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:55:13 -0700


Ted Baer wrote:2. <When our jack-ass of a pResident <led us into a war <on Iraq (that was in no way justified, and has since <been proven to be 100% inaccurate,) the same thing <happened again.

<You are correct in that at one time there were 3,000+ <sellers of vintage Campagnolo. But if this pResident <gets re-elected, my guess is that all vintage stuff <will all be snapped up.

<3. But we're not out of it yet. Now the pResident is <considering war with Iran and who knows who-else.

Mr. Baer,

You are SO out of line here. Your comments are not appreciated (let alone not agreed with), and I hope to see your future posts that are aligned with the intents and purposes of this list.

Since such accusations (toward the president, or talk of other political/religious "stuff") cannot be answered here, we must use our better judgment in what we throw out to list members. We all have our beliefs/opinions, but this just isn't the forum to work it all out.

Sincerely, Steve Dahlquist Velochrome Frameset Painting 22582 Carson Avenue Exeter, California 93221 USA http://www.velochrome.com steve@velochrome.com V: 559.592.6367 F: 559.592.2585 C: 559.967.3318


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted E. Baer"
To: Steve Neago
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]The rise and fall of vintage bike collecting?



> Steve,
>
> <Are vintage collectors and bike sellers hoarding
> parts or keeping the parts off ebay?>
>
> Yes.
>
> <has the bike collection market gone downhill?>
>
> Yes and No.
>
> In my 5 years of selling vintage parts on eBay I can
> stand 100% behind the fact that WORLD EVENTS HAVE A
> HUGE IMPACT ON THE VINTAGE BICYCLE PARTS MARKET.
>
> PROOF:
>
> 1. When the United States was attacked on September
> 11, 2001, the bike parts market came to a DEAD HALT.
> I lost a bunch of money on eBay as I had a lot of
> Campagnolo items listed at that time. I was too
> stupid to STOP the auctions, and wound up selling a
> Record crankset for $9.00, a pristine NR rear
> derailleur for $5.43, and so on and so on. But I did
> not care about the money lost; I was more concerned
> for the people who had loved ones for no reason.
>
> 2. When our jack-ass of a pResident led us into a war
> on Iraq (that was in no way justified, and has since
> been proven to be 100% inaccurate,) the same thing
> happened again.
>
> You are correct in that at one time there were 3,000+
> sellers of vintage Campagnolo. But if this pResident
> gets re-elected, my guess is that all vintage stuff
> will all be snapped up.
>
> 3. But we're not out of it yet. Now the pResident is
> considering war with Iran and who knows who-else.
>
> HOLD ONTO YOUR VINTAGE PARTS!
>
> Ted Baer
> "Moving out of this country for four years if the
> "chimp" gets re-elected."
> Palo Alto, CA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Steve Neago <questor@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> > Whatever happened to all the Campy parts listings on
> > ebay?
> >
> > A year ago, there were several (?3000+)thousand
> > listings for parts and this week there are only
> > approx 1200 listings... has the bike collection
> > market gone downhill? Are vintage collectors and
> > bike sellers hoarding parts or keeping the parts off
> > ebay?
> >
> > Just wondering...
> >
> > Regards, Steve Neago
> > Cincinnati, OH
> >
> >
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