Don,
Let's say no one else bids on this bike... Then even with a
shipping cost of $137, it's not a bad deal. Where else would
you find something with this much style? Consider the cost of
a new Kogswell mixte frame and all the parts needed to get it
on the road. I doubt it would cost any less and - as nice as
those bikes are - it wouldn't be as classy as this Poulidor.
I can tell you that I've already paid exorbitant transport
costs once this year but I don't regret it. I imagine that in
a year's time I'll worry even less about paying $50 "too much"
on shipping.
Regards,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Lately, the French are torturing me with wonderful
> mixtes with shipping costs the market cannot justify.
> First the Automoto that an Alsation brute later parted
> out. Now a Manufrance Raymond Poulidor in pastel pink
> with mud guards made of the same material as Goort the
> robot in "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Why do they
> torment me this way? Is is because
> Chevron/Texaco/Unocal/Halliburtin denied them the
> Iraqi oil fields with down-armored Humvees and
> occupation of the oil ministry? Is it because we have
> not embraced Jerry Lewis sufficiently? Is it because
> McDonalds is on the Champs? If they do this again I
> will have to shout: Goort! Kladtuu mirada mixte-toe!
> And then un petit mixte will emit a powerful beam from
> its Soubitez that will make the earth stand still long
> enough for me to go over there personally and save it
> from being parted out by beasts.
>
>
http://ebay.com/
>
> Don Wilson
> Los Olivos, CA