If it is the original Super Sport, i.e. fillet brazed CroMoly, produced up until the mid/late 70's, those have seen some renewed interest the last crouple of yeras, so I would say $150 for a clean mostly original example would be a bargain.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: David Kulcinski <dkulcinski@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Buying on the cheap
\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 1:38 PM
\r?\n> Is it allowed (bad form) to inquire
\r?\n> of the list about pricing for ON-TOPIC objects; i.e. is $150
\r?\n> a reasonable price for a Schwinn, Super Sport that looks
\r?\n> really clean?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Thank you,
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> David Kulcinski
\r?\n> Orange, CA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ________________________________
\r?\n> From: Stephen James <sj52@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> To: tom@orderandchaos.com;
\r?\n> Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Sent: Mon, January 18, 2010 2:56:49 PM
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Buying on the cheap
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hi All,
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I bought a 1960s Frejus for $500 about 2 years ago, just
\r?\n> before I joined the CR list. The seller was moving,
\r?\n> had another Frejus (that was too small for me to ride, but
\r?\n> offered at $2500), and he even offered me some built Dura
\r?\n> Ace wheels --since the Frejus had Campies. I turned
\r?\n> down the extras, since I felt I was getting a deal. It
\r?\n> was a deal for me because I wanted to recapture a Frejus
\r?\n> from my youth. The price was secondary. I would
\r?\n> have paid more. Anyway, I did research on the bike and
\r?\n> sent it to the seller, as well.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Anyway, after I joined this list, I got a better idea of
\r?\n> how prized these bikes were and the prices people were
\r?\n> willing to spend. I don't feel guilty about my
\r?\n> pruchase, at any rate. However, a few weeks ago, I saw
\r?\n> on ebay a Frejus (frame only, in relatively poor --imo--
\r?\n> condition) that the seller wanted $1700 for. At the
\r?\n> time, I thought it was a rip off; I almost posted on
\r?\n> it. However, was the seller right? Was he
\r?\n> following the market trend, and assigning his bike the
\r?\n> market value? Who exactly determines the value of the
\r?\n> item, except the buyer? I'm not sure if it's ethical
\r?\n> to tell a seller that he/she should raise his price.
\r?\n> Imo, third parties have no business in the
\r?\n> transaction. If someone is offering something for a
\r?\n> low price, simply offer more or what it is thought to be
\r?\n> worth. There are people who might desire an item but
\r?\n> really not have the kind of cash to buy it at market
\r?\n> price. That's often why they hit craigslist and ebay
\r?\n> in the first
\r?\n> place.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Fwiw, I do agree that it would be unscrupulous to haggle
\r?\n> with a widow who's selling her husband's Confente for
\r?\n> $25. But, I think that'd be cheating on the verge of
\r?\n> theft. I couldn't say exactly where the line is.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Steve James
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Bronx, NY USA