Or, what's probably more likely is that it's a very similar bike to the one that sold (there are lots of silver 1970s Cinellis out there), and the current seller saw that $1355 gavel price, said "holy s***" to himself, then "I gotta get that for mine," and listed it, copying the previous seller's details almost verbatim.
I've seem my listings' text used verbatim by another seller on eBay more than once - kind of eerie the first time it happens, but you get used to it. I've also had sellers ask me for details about their bikes, then use that in their auction text (of course, they didn't state up-front what they were going to do with the response). I've seen other CR members quoted directly in auction text too....
People take images and text from successful auctions and copy them.....
Greg "it's eBay - anything is possible" Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:21:22 -0400 From: greg arnold <greg@nofatcomm.com> To: "Wayne Jolly @ Canadian IT" <wjolly@canadianittraining.com>, Greg and Darlene Pitman <gpit@ix.netcom.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Question about Cinelli on E-Bay
This is interesting I suppose, but the description, and the pictures, are identical to the last listing - where this bike sold for $1355.00 - here's the link:
Assuming there is no fruadulent intent - same components are evident in both sales via pictures ... Perhaps it was the wrong size, wasn't a straight frame, or ...??
Current seller was not the winning buyer from the last auction ... Just another ebay mystery I guess!
> Greg, and other Cinelli afficianado's
>
> Good Spottin' Greg
> Ah ha !!!
> I think the buyer wanted the bike for one of the bike's components
> And now has relisted to recover (some of) his investment
> This bike (which I think is the very same that sold recently) sold for a
> little over $1100
> The only question I have is
> "How much could that early generation NR Front Derailleur with the built-in
> cable stop is worth ? "
> I don't see any reference in the posting, and I remeber the reference from
> the previous posting because my Cinelli has the very same "early generation
> NR Front Derailleur with the built-in cable".