I have bought several things, including my beloved chrome Paramount on 2nd
Chance offers. It would be too bad if they became so discredited that they
ceased being a legitimate tool to purchase items with.
I have a feeling that the public is getting very leery of any such offers.
I recently saw an item go for huge bucks on E-Bay and I had a virtually
identical item in my stash...A set of new in the box Delta Brakes. I
contacted all the bidders who had bid above the considerably smaller amount
I was willing to sell mine for and offered them to them. Out of nearly a
half dozen buyers I got back one very suspicious sounding reply. I guess I
was naive in thinking they would be glad to hear from me. At any rate the
parts are still sitting in my stash and I suppose I'll have to put them up
on an E-Bay page soon. Maybe this is as it should be...I'm not sure. I
hate to think bicycle folks cannot offer each other items because it has
gotten so rough out there.
Thank goodness for such little oases of relative calm like our List.
Tom Sanders
Lansing, Mi