Seller's remorse is sometimes a bitter pill. Think about it before you set something free. Most often how you see an object is not often perceived the same by others.
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta"home of the big fish tank"Ga
-----Original Message-----
>From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jan 18, 2006 9:10 PM
>To: Chuckdds@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]OK, I want to cry!
>
>the very first bike i sold on ebay, close to two years ago, was a colnago master that i'd put together from scratch and owned for well over 10 years. it was not a rare or unique frame, but it was in beautiful condition, and some of the components were quite nice and unusual.
>
> shortly after the sale, i started to see "my" components being sold on ebay. it was hard to accept that my buyer didn't appreciate the bike the way i had. in fact, i think that philistine had bought my bike just to get his hands on the tires! the tires were ultra-cool gommitalia yellow tread tubulars designed by ferrari for colnago, complete with a tiny prancing horse logo - way cool - and as far as i could tell, the frame and the tires were the only things the guy did not sell off. i definitely felt some sort of betrayal and resentment.
>
> but that was a long time ago. while not exactly jaded, these days i have learned to accept and understand "parting out." it wasn't a "significant" bike, and like lou said, it belongs to the other guy, so i try not to judge him for what he does with it. for all i know, he parted it out in order to finance other bike purchases.
>
> another thing i learned, is that I SHOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE TO PART OUT THE BIKE! i would have done better than i did selling it as a whole bike. if i had that bike to sell again, i wouldn't hesitate to part it out.
>
> ray dobbins
> miami florida
>
>Chuckdds@aol.com wrote:
> I know this is silly, and I know that many of you have had this happen. But
>this the first time for me.
>
>I spent 3 long years getting together all the parts needed to put together a
>NOS Alan Record. All super record parts, everything on the bike NOS! I needed
>some cash about a month ago, so I had to sacrifice one of my "ladies". I put
>it up for auction on Ebay and sold it to a guy. He busted my balls about
>making sure that I packed it correctly "so I would not damage this beautiful
>bike"- Low and behold, I see the thing parted up on Ebay today. I got such a pit
>in my stomach! He is even lying saying that it was a demo bike that was in a
>shop.
>
>I know that this is common, but it feels like someone took one of my
>children and parted out their organs! OK, I know that is stretching it a bit. I just
>feel betrayed. Oh well, I had to get it off my chest- hopefully you
>guys/gals can empathize with me.
>
>I will go and cry in the corner,
>Chuck Schlesinger
>San Diego, CA