Larry wrote:
<< Whether the seller is legit or not, who is foolish enough
to pay the prices listed? $689 (or even $389!) for a pair of
hubs that generally go for about $225
NOS,NIB (less than $125 in excellent used cond.) is LUDRICROUS!!!!
JEEEZ! I guess I should start charging more....NOT!! >>
You know.... Sometimes I also cough and guffaw when I see some of
the prices asked in vintage stuff sales/auctions...
But I just caution everyone to be very careful in doing that.
?
The time is rapidly approaching when those bikes or parts
we think are no-big-deal suddenly will approach "unobtanium" status
and what do you know, they are all of a sudden more expensive than
we ever dreamed.
There are collectors and aficionados in other countries in
particular who already are vastly more knowledgeable and
sophisticated in their hobbies than we are here in the states and the UK.
The good old fellows who think rare and irreplaceable bits and
pieces ought to just be swapped about with jovial generosity and
if money changes hands, it ought to be at 1945 prices... well,
let's just say they are in sweet delusion.
So I don't know if Mario Girasa has 100 pair of high flange hubs
or not, but I am willing to let him try to fetch the price he wants...
If their not worth that amount, he will find out soon enough. If
they do sell in that monetary region, some of us will have to eat our hats!
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:16 AM Subject: [CR]e-Bay scammer
Whether the seller is legit or not, who is foolish enough to pay the prices listed? $689 (or even $389!) for a pair of hubs that generally go for about $225 NOS,NIB (less than $125 in excellent used cond.) is LUDRICROUS!!!! JEEEZ! I guess I should start charging more....NOT!!
Larry Myers, Portland, Oregon, USA curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com PS- anybody need a NOS NR R. Derailleur? BUY-IT-NOW; only $900!
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