Re: [CR] An ebay marketing "gem" :-)

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From: "Andrew R Stewart" <onetenth@earthlink.net>
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Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:58:51 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR] An ebay marketing "gem" :-)


Seems to me that the seller is trolling for the bike's value with out really wanting to sell it. That and his misdirection is unfortunate.
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> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:34:58 -0700
> From: Jon Spangler <jonswriter@att.net>
> Subject: [CR] An ebay marketing "gem" :-)
> To: Dale Brown <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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> Listers,
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> Found a Peugeot UO-8 listed this morning. Nothing uncommon about
> that. But the ad copy is
> another example of misinformation, ignorance, and/or a triumph of
> marketing over reality from ebay:
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> item # 160366648093
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> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> ViewItem&item=160366648093#ht_500wt_1005
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> Jon Spangler
> Looking for more truth in advertising in Alameda, CA USA
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Andrew R Stewart
Rochester, NY