Well the Reserve was $2500 and has been met, so the Buy it Now is no longer an option.
I was not kidding. I just don't understand tire-kickers, who are always looking, but never willing to pull the trigger, when they find something they 'want.'
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga
-----Original Message-----
>From: "c. andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
>Sent: Jun 5, 2006 11:46 AM
>To: nickzz@mindspring.com
>Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]re: masi GC on ebay 7245044873
>
>Nick Z. wondered why no-one has bit on that Masi GC on ebay
>for 3500 bucks. Someone's probably hoping the reserve is
>less (which it might be...the reserve game is an interesting
>one)... and maybe Nick was kidding..<g>
>
>My own guess is that most of the buyers on ebay who are
>interested in the bike have a pretty good idea what they're
>worth. I owned one of these in a 57cm that was, if
>anything, even more nearly original than the one on ebay (if
>that's possible.. in the same state of originality, anyway),
>and just as pristine in general. It sold about 18 months
>ago for 2500. I did not sell it. I sold it for much less
>than that to someone else about three years ago. I sold it
>for the friend-price.
>
>I'm not sure if the Cali Masis, even in this pristine
>condition, have reached 3500 bucks yet. It might get close,
>someone might bite at the buy-it-now, you never know. But
>it seems to me that'd be a stretch. If this one had the
>twin-plate crown, or was a slightly smaller size, or had a
>few trick parts or some cool provenance (besides the fact
>that Chuck owned it once. <g> ) maybe it would go for 3500.
>
>Be interesting to see where it finally ends. 3500 might be
>a bit optimistic at the moment for a Cali bike. If it was
>an italian-made GC from about the same period, it might get
>that high. Hard to say.
>
>Charles Andrews
>SoCal
>
>"The deeper I go in considering the
>vanities of popular reasoning, the
>lighter and more foolish I find them."
>
>--Galileo Galilei