[CR]re: pogliaghi on ebay

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

From: "Charles Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:02:46 -0800
Subject: [CR]re: pogliaghi on ebay

Jim wrote:

"Speaking of alive and well. This frame (a very early 70s Pogliaghi):

ebay # 330213443944

initially had a buy-it-now of $325.00. Of course someone immediately bid enough to knock off the buy it now. In accordance with the sniping "

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Ok. would someone here please explain to me why someone else would do something so completely stupid as to bid on a frame that valuable that had a buy-it-now that low? I. Do. Not. Get. It. That is so empty-headed it defies belief.

And if the bidder who didn't just buy-it-now is on this list, I apologize for my intemperate comment...but, dude, c'mon???? Why not just buy it??????!!!!!!!

Even if the hapless bidder didn't know what it was, exactly, the frame was so cheap, and so obviously nice, I dunno why you wouldn't buy it now just on principle. Someone blew the deal of the year there.

I've seen this before. And I have never understood what the hell is going on. Why don't these bidders just BUY the damned things????

Charles "argh" Andrews
Los Angeles