Re: [CR]ASC Sturmey Hubs

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

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From: "neil foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
To: mark@bikesmithdesign.com
Subject: Re: [CR]ASC Sturmey Hubs
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:55:24 +0000
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Mark,

I agree with you entirely, and perhaps you didn't see my email of 6 July, from which I include the following extract:

"The person who bought the Shellwins partly relies on trading in cycle parts for his living, and is very well known for this in the British cycling scene. I buy from him, and I have no problem with whatever he paid for the item, only whether I'm happy to pay the price for it. Likewise, if I were to sell to him, I would consider that whatever he sold the item for would be no concern of mine. As vendor, I have the opportunity to ask others regarding the value of what I'm selling, and if I sell without doing so, then it's down to me - I'm not going to whine about being the victim of someone making a substantial profit, if I haven't taken the trouble to find out what my stuff's worth, old guy or no."

Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England


>From: Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
>To: "neil foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
>CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]ASC Sturmey Hubs
>Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:35:29 -0500
>
>At 7/7/2006 08:35 AM +0000, neil foddering wrote:
>>Nigel wrote: "So far as Neil's question, if I buy something at a jumble,
>>and pay the price
>>asked, I am happy and the seller is happy. The big difference is that I
>>buy
>>for my own needs and not to sell it on eBay for a profit".
>>
>>Surely the ethical issue is whether the item was bought knowing the price
>>to be well below market value, not whether it was for your own use, or for
>>resale? Either way (own use or resale) you are benefitting at the
>>expense of the vendor, so I fail to see how you can justifiably take the
>>moral high ground on this one, Nigel.
>
>Neil,
>As an occasional vendor, I have unintentionally sold a few items at well
>below market value. When I realized my mistake, did I feel taken advantage
>of? Did I feel the buyer should have offered me more? Of course not! I
>knew it was my fault for not having done my homework. Whether the buyer
>used the part or turned a tidy profit on eBay is irrelevant to me.
>
>
>Mark Stonich;
> Minneapolis Minnesota
> http://mnhpva.org
> http://bikesmithdesign.com