> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:24:17 -0500
> From: Ben Kamen <benkamenphoto@nyc.rr.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Re: ebay plastic bottle race - all bets are on
>
> >
> >>Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:13:11 -0500
> >>From: The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
> >>To: Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >>Subject: Fw: [CR]As Long As We Are Discussing Water Bottles...E-Bay
> Outing
> >>
> >>Tom wrote:
> >>
> >>Water bottles are about to see a record price set is my hunch. Has
> >>everyone
> >>seen the Confente Water bottle for sale?
> >>http://ebay.com/<blah>
> item=1987847812
> >>No connection to seller
> >>_________________
> >>
> >
> >
> >To which Steven added:
> >
> >>If you look at the recorded high prices on the CR site
> >>(http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Highmarks_02.htm) you will see a Masi
> >>bottle going for $72,50 and colorall (sic) bottles going for many times
> >>that.
> >>
> >>Steven Maasland
> >>Moorestown, NJ
> >>
> >>
To which Greg added:
> >
> >As there are more than five days left to go on the Confente bottle
> auction, I
> >would submit that your pooh-poohing is just a tad premature. ;-)
> >
> >I would also not compare Coloral bottles directly to plastic 1970s logo'd
> >bottles, personally.
> >
> >Greg "Mario" Parker
>
To which Ben added:
> well,
>
> with a long way to go who knows ........
>
> i sold a pale Blue plastic coloral bottle that was in good condition but
> not
> new for $116. just 1 bottle with lid. no matching cage offered at the same
> time to make it more appealing. i wasnt complaining but i was very
> surprised at just how important it was to somebody. to me it meant MKS
> track
> pedals, a slica pump, 2 stainless cages, bartape, 5 pairs of socks and a
> bottle of very drinkable red wine (not that im picky).
>
> an identical blue plastic coloral bottle with no lid and in rougher
> condition sold to a different seller in the same auction time period for
> 1/5th of the price.
>
> both pictured in the below link
> http://homepage.mac.com/
> click (and again for close details).
>
> so whats the wager? i have one 2002 genuine plastic bottle from A-Bikes NYC
> (near new) to draw bets in that the new Confente bottle wont pass more than
> 20% (handicap as its *New*) of the used blue Coloral bottle.
>
> call me a risk taker ;-)
>
> ciao,
>
> ben "never paid for a plastic bottle for my own use" kamen
> harlem, NYC
>
> p.s. if i lose i will be then able to say i saw a Confente bottle sell for
> 1/4 of the price of a ready to ride (fully built) Confente in very nice
> original condition within the space fo 6 months or so. the mind boggles -
> what can i say?
>
>
>
Let's see: 20% of $116 is $23.20, and since the Confente bottle is already at $60+, I guess you've already lost that bet! It was for an NOS 50th group, as far as I can remember. I'd like it with 175 crankarms and Italian threads, please! :-)
Greg "bidon" Parker Ann Arbor, MI USA
P.S. we're talking 1970s plastic-to-plastic, apples-to-apples....
P.P.S. regarding your P.S.: yep, ain't it a crazy world! Kinda like those $200 Corvettes of legend. Man runs off with Secretary, tells soon-to-be ex-wife to sell the like-new 'Vette and mail him the funds. She puts ad in Newspaper, sells it for $200, mails check to hubby....!