It's amazing how many sellers are so lazy that they can't remove all the crud from behind their bike/frame/whatever to present it well on an ebay, or craigslist site. This has to detract from the sales price. 5 minutes planning must be worthwhile???
Tony Taylor Manchester NH
________________________________ From: Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sat, January 16, 2010 11:43:43 AM Subject: [CR] ebay outing: eisentraut touring bike
So, here's my question: how does it happen that one comes to sell an expensive bike on ebay, and one does not, apparently, bother to look at other successful auctions of similar bikes, to see what sort of presentation is most effective? I am baffled by auctions like this:
Charles Andrews Los Angeles
Q: "Why do people spoil everything for themselves?
A: "In big ways, and little ways too, people do that all the time to themselves. We can't stand prosperity. We have to tinker with the machinery."
--John D. MacDonald