[CR]Ebay silly season

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli:Laser)

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:09:49 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <006c01c57135$fc269700$6401a8c0@steve>
Subject: [CR]Ebay silly season

http://ebay.com/<blah 9&rd=1>

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Birmingham
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:08 PM
Subject: RE:[CR]Super Course sales on Ebay - what am I missing here?



> I'll take a guess,
>
> The seller with the complete bike has pretty poor pictures, a fairly low
> feedback rating percentagewise, dosen't take paypal unless it's a
> balance
> transfer, and dosen't take personal checks either. There's also no
> firmly
> stated shipping cost. No one of these things would prevent me from
> bidding
> on something I really wanted, but taken together, It would prevent me
> from
> bidding on something fairly common like a supercourse. These things
> would
> also cause me to bid lower on something rare or something I really
> wanted.
>
> The seller with just the frame has slightly better pictures, at least
> showing the chrome is in nice shape. His feedback is just a bit better,
> but
> he's had a couple negatives recently.But the shipping looks reasonable,
> and
> he does take paypal, which makes things much easier. If the two items
> were
> identical, I'd probably bid on his rather than the first sellers. Unless
> I
> could pick up from either one, which should eliminate the shipping cost.
>
>
> The actual reason could be just about anything, Ebay can be very hard to
> figure out sometimes.
>
> I had no idea Supercourses were bringing this sort of money, It may be
> time
> to sell mine.
>
> Steve Birmingham
> Lowell, Ma
> USA
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 07:10:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CR]Super Course sales on Ebay - what am I missing here?
>
> Complete (says 1973, but looks like 71-72 to me) 58cm
> Super Course with a lot of original detail, sells for
> $178:
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> pagenam
> eSTRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd1
>
> 1970 58cm Super Course frame, admittedly it has the
> anniversary badge, sells for $237, frame only:
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> pagenam
> eSTRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd1
>
> Any thoughts on why a very similar frame would sell
> for much more than a complete bike?

>

> Thanks

>

> Tom F.