Re: [CR]eBay mondia: Here it is, no it isn't

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From: "Stephen Barner" <steve@sburl.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]eBay mondia: Here it is, no it isn't
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:34 -0500


Some eBay sellers will pull an item that is close to expiration and not getting any bids. The idea is that "sniping," or coming in with bids in the last seconds of an auction, can yield lower final prices than bidding up an item over days. The seller may have been concerned that someone would come in and grab the frame for a lower price than he had hoped to get. This isn't the forum to discuss eBay tactics, but the fact that the frame was pulled, does not necessarily mean that someone was willing to give him that much money for it.

Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont


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> From: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <kctommy@msn.com>
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> This one ended before I could decide to bid or not.
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> No bids, so I believe no restrictions on the seller pulling the auction. But that also means no reasons given on why the auction ended. I presume the seller either decided to keep it himself or cut a private deal off eBay.
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> The bike was a big frame, and looked to be in excellent shape. Very pretty example of the early wild Mondia paint styles. Dale might want to grab a copy of these pics for the Swiss pages. I thought the price was a tad high, but apparently someone disagreed with me.
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> Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ