Re: [CR]Px-10, py-10, or UO8?? PEUGEOT confusion

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:22:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Px-10, py-10, or UO8?? PEUGEOT confusion
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <217783.46711.qm@web82210.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


> ...It looks like either the descrinption is from a > catalog, or the photo is a stock Peugeot photo or > both. It's possible the description is correct and > the picture is not...

Enough! It's obvious that the photos are of "twin" UO-8s risiding at the selling service's premises; and that the descriptions were obtained by doing a Web search on "PX-10".

Whether the service is confused, the actual seller is confused, or the bike is being intentionally misrepresented is something you will never know. But consider this:

If the selling service knows enough to do a search on PX-10 in order to get the specifications, they know enough to search eBay for PX-10 prices. So they also know the opening bid for a real PX-10 should be a lot more than $10. (Note the opening bid on another of their auctions: 290167798947, so they don't merely start everything at $9.99)

So the bike is obviously being misrepresented. The only reason it's worth discussing at all, is that the auction provides some insight into the "business practices" of certain professional eBay sellers.
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia, USA