When I was in northern Italy in 1989, I noticed that Campagnolo component prices at the local Italian bike shops was comparable to those at US bike shops, and of course both were higher than those of catalog outfits like Nashbar and Performance. Based on that, I'm guessing that, at least starting in the late 80's, the the price schedules were applied depending on volume purchased rather than country of destination. Was it different before that, i.e, were prices really higher for the USA?
Ray Dobbins Miami Florida
ternst <ternst1@cox.net> wrote:
I remember back in the '60's talking to one of the Campy guys and was told
that the pile of aluminum rejects in the back yard was greater than the
stuff that passed and was sold. Or so he claimed.
That's when Campy reigned and probably 90% of racers used it. and
alledgedly the US market took about 70-80% of Campy production.
They were also supposed to have had about 8-10 different price schedules and
the stupido rich americans payed the most to allow the fatcats to wander
around Harry's Bar in Venezia sporting Camel hair coats and fat cigars.
Ahh, those were the days.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> You've found one of the rarest of all items from Campagnolo. Much
> like the super-famous 1955 double-struck lincoln penny (which last
> sold for $46,000 at auction in 2002):
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/
>
> i would imagine that this double-struck seatpost would be worth at
> least as much - but only if you can find the matching pieces to put
> together the rest of the ultra rare "double struck" grouppo from which
> it came ...
>
> - Don (grin) Gillies
> San Diego, CA