[CR]Was: Maybe not actually an e-Bay scammer..Now: commenting on prices.

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:41:51 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20061129051656.59325.qmail@web58102.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Subject: [CR]Was: Maybe not actually an e-Bay scammer..Now: commenting on prices.

Larry wrote:

<< Whether the seller is legit or not, who is foolish enough

to pay the prices listed? $689 (or even $389!) for a pair of

hubs that generally go for about $225

NOS,NIB (less than $125 in excellent used cond.) is LUDRICROUS!!!!

JEEEZ! I guess I should start charging more....NOT!! >>

You know.... Sometimes I also cough and guffaw when I see some of

the prices asked in vintage stuff sales/auctions...

But I just caution everyone to be very careful in doing that.

?

The time is rapidly approaching when those bikes or parts

we think are no-big-deal suddenly will approach "unobtanium" status

and what do you know, they are all of a sudden more expensive than

we ever dreamed.

There are collectors and aficionados in other countries in

particular who already are vastly more knowledgeable and

sophisticated in their hobbies than we are here in the states and the UK.

The good old fellows who think rare and irreplaceable bits and

pieces ought to just be swapped about with jovial generosity and

if money changes hands, it ought to be at 1945 prices... well,

let's just say they are in sweet delusion.

So I don't know if Mario Girasa has 100 pair of high flange hubs

or not, but I am willing to let him try to fetch the price he wants...

If their not worth that amount, he will find out soon enough. If

they do sell in that monetary region, some of us will have to eat our hats!

Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:16 AM Subject: [CR]e-Bay scammer

Whether the seller is legit or not, who is foolish enough to pay the prices listed? $689 (or even $389!) for a pair of hubs that generally go for about $225 NOS,NIB (less than $125 in excellent used cond.) is LUDRICROUS!!!! JEEEZ! I guess I should start charging more....NOT!!

Larry Myers, Portland, Oregon, USA curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com PS- anybody need a NOS NR R. Derailleur? BUY-IT-NOW; only $900!

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