[CR]Rant re: cool old brit frames 'n' bikes on the 'bay

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:05:48 -0400
From: <oroboyz@aol.com>
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To: Mark@bulgier.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Rant re: cool old brit frames 'n' bikes on the 'bay

<<.... a treasure trove at auction right now, check it out: http://ebay.com/<blah>

Indeed. But what a shame... This sort of thing makes me sad. You wish that people like this would try to get some help or make a decent attempt themselves in approaching the sale of valuable bike goods.

<< The relative lack of close-ups leave me wanting more>>

The pictures are horrible! So easy to do better and this incompetence thus damaging the potential return that this gent could receive for his collection.

In addition, he wants personal checks as payment.. The small additional cost of using PayPal could easily be covered and more with a decent representation of the items (thereby increasing selling prices) and in the case of that Ephgrave frameset, $153.28 to send it! Is that the real cost these days to mail a frame?

Don't people understand that these mis-steps make a high percentage of people ignore their offerrings and thus minimize their selling prices?

(Rant over............ )

Dale Brown Greensboro, NC USA

-----Original Message----- From: Mark Bulgier <Mark@bulgier.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:31:54 -0700 Subject: [CR] buncha cool old brit frames 'n' bikes on the 'bay

eBayer "paul_cameron84" (Paul Cameron maybe? I don't know him) has quite a treasure trove at auction right now, check it out: http://ebay.com/<blah>

The relative lack of close-ups leave me wanting more, and the 2006 plastic tail light clamped right onto the Reynolds tubing decal on the 1948 Paris Tour de France made me wince, but overall there is much goodness here, alas none in my size. Most are in the 22" range.

There's Ephgrave, Hetchins, Bates, MKM, Gillot, too many to list. Enjoy.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA