Re: [CR]Re: Fake Hoods & Decals & What Else

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:27:32 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Fake Hoods & Decals & What Else
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 11/8/2005 9:13:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, nickzz@mindspring.com writes:

<< ... nothing wrong with reproductions as long as the purveyor distinguishes them as such. >>

Hmm. Hard to know how to feel about this.. On one hand, it seems noble to supply a product that everyone wants.. And it is sort of Scarlet Pimpernelesque to dodge the bad guys (in this case, Campy, who squashes attempts like this)

But if the seller is sneaky and tries to pass them off as genuine by lying-through-omission, just to make more dollars from naive buyers, then it is not an honest or ethical act..

Oh the dilemmas of life!

<< Why any one wants to buy a non-original part is totally beyond my comprehension; unless they are also looking to deceive for profit or gratification.

Reproductions are nothing more or less than substitutes for the real thing. Why bother????? >>

Huh? Because we want our bikes to look as close to original as possible, and when virtually all the stuff that wears out is used up, how else to do that but reproduction stuff? Gratification? OK, I will take that whenever I can get it.. Ha ha.

Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC USA