[CR]re: Paramount on ebay

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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:14:10 -0500
To: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: [CR]re: Paramount on ebay

John Dunn said:
>"this bike is a repeated show winner and will make anyone very happy"
>
>When a seller makes a statement like this, I'd expect that he'd want to
>share with us exactly where and when these show winning events took place.
>Maybe I'm too harsh.
>

Stephen Barner wrote:
>> You just have to wonder when someone remembers facts about the bike they
>> bought brand new so very clearly, but describes a situation that couldn't
>> possibly exist. This guy claims he bought the bike new in '71 and did not
>> ride it, yet the bike has decals that didn't exist until many years later,
>> and a color that was not available in '71. I'd think it might be a typo,
>> except he uses the date 1971 three times in the ad.
>>
>>
>http://ebay.com/<blah>

How about that color? It looks like "Flamingo", that was only offered in '77 & '78 See: http://www.geocities.com/sldatabook/detail7579.html

Roy "Pink bikes, just say no" Drinkwater Lititz, PA