[CR]Re: NOS Value "Beaten to Death?"

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From: "Stephen Barner" <steve@sburl.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <CATFOODB52jK0AyTs8w000039f1@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 09:21:25 -0400
Subject: [CR]Re: NOS Value "Beaten to Death?"

The logic of this argument totally escapes me. Coins are minted to be used in trade, but some people choose to hang on to them instead. Bikes and parts are manufactured to be ridden, but some people choose to hang on to them instead. In neither case is there any incentive for the manufacturer to make the product intending for it not to be used, unless it is created specifically for collection, in which case the cost is typically higher and there is a profit motive. I imagine truly rare coins are not manufactured that way, but are recognized as such later. The same appears to be true of most NOS bike stuff.

The more I think of it, the more I have to believe that the desire to collect coins and keep them out of circulation and my desire to not use these NOS NR brake levers stem from the same character defect.

Steve Barner, totally defective in Bolton, Vermont


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> Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:19:44 -0500

\r?\n> From: "David Novoselsky" <dnovo@ix.netcom.com>

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\r?\n> As one who used to be heavily involved in another form of collecting, =

\r?\n> and having literally 'written the book' on at least one ascpect of the =

\r?\n> rare coin hobby (see the Pattern section of the "COIN WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA =

\r?\n> OF AMERICAN COINS") may I sugggest that the anaolgy to uncirculated =

\r?\n> (actually, Mint State or Proof State) coins vs. NOS bikes falls down on =

\r?\n> one important point:

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\r?\n> Collecter coinage is meant to be carefully stored and maintained in =

\r?\n> as-new condition. Handling is not required to enjoy the beauty of the =

\r?\n> coins. Bikes however, at least for some of us, are meant to be ridden =

\r?\n> as part of their enjoyment is the way they respond to us as their =

\r?\n> riders. Of course, that is simply my opinion, and no more or less valid =

\r?\n> than that of any one else.

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\r?\n> Dave Novoselsky

\r?\n> Chicago, Illinois