Re: [CR] Campagnolo Rally 1st Gen RD on eBay (with auction number)

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:54:25 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Campagnolo Rally 1st Gen RD on eBay (with auction number)


...and for the same reason it might be worth searching for common misspellings like "Campagnola" if you want to get bargains. I've seen Campagnola parts go for less than half of what identical Campagnolo parts get.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA

2009/7/13 donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>:
> Guys, the auction title was misspelled, missing a 'p' :
>
>  http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>  "Camagnolo Rally Derailleur"
>
> So anyone with standing searches for "(Campy, Campagnolo) Rally" in
> the title, will not see the auction.
>
> This one mistake probably cut the number of auction views & auction
> watches in half, or even less.  And, if you can't get your auction in
> front of everyone on ebay, the market makers - who follows prices for
> each item and who know the typical sales prices - may not see it, and
> may not bid on it, and you could get an extraordinarily low sales price.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA