Re: [CR]Price Guide? We don't need no stinkin' price guide!!! (and thePX-10)

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

From: "cmontgomery" <cmontgomery15@cox.net>
To: "Larry Myers" <curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <614617.73930.qm@web55415.mail.re4.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Price Guide? We don't need no stinkin' price guide!!! (and thePX-10)
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 09:43:34 -0700



> Hey folks.....
> Let's get real. I fail to see how a 'price guide' could in any way benefit anyone who is involved in our eccentric little hobby (except for the big-volume sellers). Let the prices be dictated by whim, desire, and good old-fashioned market pressures. All a price 'guide' will do is allow a a select few to set prices that benefit them (no offense intended, to prospective guide publishers). The value of a thing is what it will bring on the open market- no more, no less. And, I remember buying a PX-10, my first new race bike.....I purchased it in 1972 at Mulrooney's in Paramount, CA, for $185, including a team hat, pump, water bottle & MAFAC tool kit- the good ol' days for sure!
> Peace to all,
> Larry Myers, Portland, OR, US of A

My price guide is often determined by how much cash I have in my pocket and how much lust I have in my heart. Sometimes the consummation leads to a smile of satisfaction and somtimes to a pang of remorse.

Craig Montgomery
Tucson, Apacheria