Hi: In my opinion the currently listed item #27014629274 is the same bike previously sold as #140132743800. Two of the original photos have simply been pirated and re-offered as another bike! George Hollenberg, MD Westport, CT, USA
> Hi,
>
> Thursday, July 19, 2007, 8:29:19 AM, gholl wrote:
>
> >
> > This bike, a very nice Colnago Saronni type Mexico, was under-
> bid by
> > me on eBay and purchased by a Canadian collector from a well known
> > and respected French collector/dealer recently. It was then
> listed as item#140132743800.
> > Now, with only two of the original photos and a garbled
> description,> it now appears as item #27014629274,
>
> Just to note that a "1" was lost from the end of the item #, the
> correctnumber of the apparently fake bike is 270146292741.
>
> (FWIW, I also remember the original listing, and the new one looks
> ridiculous... IMO obviously a fake. I'm surprised though - currently
> there are already 3 bidders for this, all with quite some eBay
> experience - I would imagine that anybody likely to be
> interested in
> buying such a bike would've seen/remember the original listing,
> esp. as
> the photos include a very specific background that's obviously
> unique to
> the original seller...)
>
> > being sold by "sagalnic1", a
> > seller with 0 track record. One person has bid on the item.
> > I informed the French the French seller and eBay.
> > eBay responded by stating that they did find anything unusual about
> > the listing since," members sometimes share images or derive
> images from a similar source."
> > George Hollenberg MD
> > Westport, CT, USA
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Dmitry Yaitskov,
> Toronto, Canada.
>
>
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA