[CR]Mariplast water bottles was ebay plastic bottle...

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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:28:35 -0500
From: <wspokes@penn.com>
To: Ben Kamen <benkamenphoto@nyc.rr.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Mariplast water bottles was ebay plastic bottle...

As a side note, Weren't the Mariplast OLDER water bottles prone to shattering due to brittle plastic. I seem to recall someone telling me this once that the older Mariplast were especially fragile. But I also recall them telling me they didn't have that plastic taste to them as well! Definitely a display bottle only though.

Walter Skrzypek Falls Creek, Pa

My current auctions: http://ebay.com/<blah>

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:24:17 -0500 Ben Kamen <benkamenphoto@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> 1/12/03 1:32
> PMclassicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
>
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:13:11 -0500
> >> From: The Maaslands
> >> To: Classic Rendezvous
> >> 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>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 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
>
> 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/wes_london/PhotoAlbum1.html
> 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?