Hi all... I have been watching some of the discussion on price guides. It would generally benefit the type of person with little or no knowledge on bike parts from getting ripped off by selling a thinly traded item way too cheap. As others have said, price guides usually don't capture the little factors that could make a big difference in price - they are just general guidelines. Sometimes items only sell once a year and in one color. It's possible that another color would bring twice as much. It would be very difficult for a price guide to speculate on all of these possibles. With some collectables, the color makes a big difference-take 1960s Hot Wheels cars. A pink car that few people wanted because of the color back then is worth 3 times a normal color now (for some models). I have not see that principle in bike collecting yet, where someone wants an odd color, just because nobody wanted it at the time and will pay triple the price now, but who knows.
-Dee Gordon Los Angeles
> > 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