Great Post Ted! Although you are walking close to the edge of listlessness, your post has classic content and truth. Another reason that I can see from over here is that shipping companies have picked up on the immense volume of eBay sales and have adjusted their prices accordingly (up!). Up to a year-and-a-half ago you could send a complete bike (not dismanteld) for Euro 30,-. This price also covered 1000,- insurance. Now the price is 40,- for the same service. I coudln´t get an explanation but I am hounding the secretaries. As for transatlantic mail; package allowance has been getting smaller, no?
registered to vote in Berlin, Germany Kim klakow
PS: Where´s bubba when you need him?
> Steve,
>
> <Are vintage collectors and bike sellers hoarding
> parts or keeping the parts off ebay?>
>
> Yes.
>
> <has the bike collection market gone downhill?>
>
> Yes and No.
>
> In my 5 years of selling vintage parts on eBay I can
> stand 100% behind the fact that WORLD EVENTS HAVE A
> HUGE IMPACT ON THE VINTAGE BICYCLE PARTS MARKET.
>
> PROOF:
>
> 1. When the United States was attacked on September
> 11, 2001, the bike parts market came to a DEAD HALT.
> I lost a bunch of money on eBay as I had a lot of
> Campagnolo items listed at that time. I was too
> stupid to STOP the auctions, and wound up selling a
> Record crankset for $9.00, a pristine NR rear
> derailleur for $5.43, and so on and so on. But I did
> not care about the money lost; I was more concerned
> for the people who had loved ones for no reason.
>
> 2. When our jack-ass of a pResident led us into a war
> on Iraq (that was in no way justified, and has since
> been proven to be 100% inaccurate,) the same thing
> happened again.
>
> You are correct in that at one time there were 3,000+
> sellers of vintage Campagnolo. But if this pResident
> gets re-elected, my guess is that all vintage stuff
> will all be snapped up.
>
> 3. But we're not out of it yet. Now the pResident is
> considering war with Iran and who knows who-else.
>
> HOLD ONTO YOUR VINTAGE PARTS!
>
> Ted Baer
> "Moving out of this country for four years if the
> "chimp" gets re-elected."
> Palo Alto, CA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Steve Neago <questor@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> > Whatever happened to all the Campy parts listings on
> > ebay?
> >
> > A year ago, there were several (?3000+)thousand
> > listings for parts and this week there are only
> > approx 1200 listings... has the bike collection
> > market gone downhill? Are vintage collectors and
> > bike sellers hoarding parts or keeping the parts off
> > ebay?
> >
> > Just wondering...
> >
> > Regards, Steve Neago
> > Cincinnati, OH
> >
> >
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