Ken emailed me a scathing note accusing me of ending his charity auction. Didn't happen.
This "Pre-Campagnolo" rational of his is nonsense. There is only one reason people put Campagnolo in the header if what you are selling is not Campagnolo. Ken is fully aware of this, as is any seller on eBay.
I hope he relists his bike.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> i was watching ken's a.s. gillot auction last week until
> it vaporized. if you recall, it was a relisted auction with
> a much-lowered reserve price, and he planned to donate
> the funds above the new reserve price to a disaster relief
> charity fund. i asked him why the auction disappeared.
> it's a nice bike and he's a stand-up guy for doing this.
> e-RICHIE
> here's his reply...
>
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: kdenny@uism.bu.edu
> To: <richardsachs@juno.com>
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 18:16:27 -0400
> Subject: Gillott Charity Auction
> Message-ID: <0109151000.AA1000592154@uism.bu.edu>
>
> Hello Richard,
>
> In reply to your enquiry about the Gillott Charity Auction, I am sad to
> say that
> an unscrupulous member of the vintage hobby contacted Ebay to notify them
> that
> my auction listing included the word "pre-Campagnolo" and I was cancelled
> for
> what they term "keyword spamming". Actually I disagree that it is keyword
> spamming, nor was it intended to. I feel that this particular cycle
> represents
> the epitome of a pre-campagnolo era cycle, as much as a painting may be
> "pre-Raphaelite" "pre-Raphaelite" or a work of sculpture "Postmodern".
> Anyways,
> I relisted the item, and plead to anyone who may be interested in
> donating to
> the resue and cleanup effort underway in New York, Pennsylvania and
> Washington
> to consider bidding on this great bike. I lost several friends last
> Tuesday,
> including my Best Man, and this is one of many ways that I intend to
> help.
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
> Ken