Re: [CR]'Brand New' 1974 Peugeot PX-10 for sale on retro time warp eBay

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Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 06:49:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]'Brand New' 1974 Peugeot PX-10 for sale on retro time warp eBay
To: "R.S. Broderick" <rsb000@hotmail.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <BAY109-F1A6BE55C1993598B19E249CA80@phx.gbl>


He makes it sound as if he has had it all this time and never ridden it. It certainly does look mint. At $900 starting bid, this is precisely the kind of bike that I have absolutely no interest in actually purchasing. I mean, this may go for over $1000, but a mint PX-10 is only worth that if it remains mint. I ALWAYS ride any bike I acquire, so if I bought this, I'd immediately lose half the value by actually riding it. I know there are people to whom buying and selling unused wall hangers makes sense, but I personally could never see the point of it. If I want a wall hanger, I'll buy a painting.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

"R.S. Broderick" <rsb000@hotmail.com> wrote: I am not in the habit of outing eBay auctions to this list, but in this particular instance I simply could not resist as this one is simply too good on too many levels. For all you Peugeot pundits and confirmed Francophiles:

eBay auction number 7240253678

Yes indeed, a vintage 1974 PX-10E whose seller purports it to have never been ridden (...no giggling allowed, or would that be aloud?). I must admit, it would certainly be interesting to know just how this bike has managed to remain a virgin for all this time (...yeah, I know...but I just won't say it in this public forum). Let the snide comments begin. No relation to seller other than in some cosmically anthropological sense.

Robert "fallen Francophile - help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" Broderick ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota