Do I understand this right? He made an offer which the seller takes but wants it through ebay so he puts it at a crazy "buy it now" so no one but this guy will get it? If this is true, then we don't really know the selling price -right? DeRosa would probably make him one for $5000.
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA USA
> It's a real deal. I got the scoop from the buyer,
> who seems like a nice guy.
>
> Basically, he's been hunting for a De Rosa track
> bike in his size for 3
> years now and have yet to find one (I believe him,
> because I've been doing
> the same thing!). Apparently he stumbled across the
> auction's bike on a
> website somewhere and proceeded to make an offer to
> the owner that couldn't
> be refused (that's also the way I've bought some of
> my bikes). The bike's
> owner apparently "legitimized" the offer to buy by
> posting said bike on eBay
> for the buyer to bid on... so that's why it sold
> real fast after it got
> listed.
>
> Anyways, the new owner is happy as can be since he
> also has a sentimental
> reason for the purchase. He raced a similar De Rosa
> in the 80's. Memories
> are worth some monies, eh?
>
> So there you have it. Maybe this should be added to
> the price guide. <grin>
>
> Cheers from Huntington Beach, CA - USA
> Tam Pham
>
>
> On 6/14/07, Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/14/07, Cheung, Doland <CheungD@bv.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Personally, I think the auction is fake. Some
> sort of monkey business
> > > going on here, like an insurance scam or
> something.
> >
> >
> >
> > It's almost got to be a scam of some sort. $5,000
> for that bike is just
> > too
> > far beyond the pale.
> >
> > Kurt Sperry
> > Belllingham WA
> > USA
> >
> >
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