Re: [CR]Some Kind of eBay Auction Record .... Or Two Folks With Fat Fingers ?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Some Kind of eBay Auction Record .... Or Two Folks With Fat Fingers ?
To: Freek Faro <khun.freek@gmail.com>, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <df813d780605151431s6415e636j6e3f2543f8578ea7@mail.gmail.com>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

I've written the winner asking him to tell me what makes those jockey wheels special or rare. In the meantime, I will have to assume that Robert Broderick has uncovered a money laundering scheme operating withing the confines of the Vintage Parts category on eBay :) The most expensive jockey wheel price I'd seen till now was $200-$300 for a pair of used 9 tooth Campy's. I counted twice, and these are not 9 tooth wheels. So I'm going with money laundering.

Ray Dobbins Miami Florida

Freek Faro <khun.freek@gmail.com> wrote: Maybe it's the use of ',' (European style) versus '.' (US style) between dollars and cents; that caught me out a few times. I started sweating profusely when I realized I had bid '74,850.00 USD' instead of '74.85 USD' as I intended. Fortunately I could retract my bid in time. I didn't like th e sweating though!

Freek (very European) Faro Rotterdam Netherlands

2006/5/15, Chuck Schmidt :
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>
> On May 15, 2006, at 1:42 PM, R.S. Broderick wrote:
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> > Alright, should I suddenly raid my spare stock and rob my otherwise
> > functional derailleurs just so that I can pimp jockey wheels on eBay?
> >
> > http://ebay.com/<blah>
> > ViewItem&item=7240268417&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
> >
> > eBay item number - 7240268417
> >
> > Robert "Big Wheel" Broderick
> > ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota
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>
> I'm guessing the answer would be yes?
>
> Chuck "small potatoes" Schmidt
> South Pasadena, "Sunny & Mild" Southern California

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