Fw: [CR]Ebay silly season

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:51:10 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Fw: [CR]Ebay silly season
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


My apologies. This is a Schwinn Super Sport that went for $380.

Like me, I suppose others would like a hint before they bother to get a long Ebay URL to work.

Joe B-Z
GNNJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Bender-Zanoni
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:09 PM
Subject: [CR]Ebay silly season



> http://ebay.com/<blah
> 9&rd=1>
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Great Notch NJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Birmingham" <sbirmingham@mindspring.com>
> 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.