Re: [CR]ebay outing: cool Masi

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

In-Reply-To: <460E7A90.8060407@burlingtontelecom.net>
From: "brian blum" <bbspokes@hotmail.com>
To: emailprice@comcast.net, whiteknight@burlingtontelecom.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]ebay outing: cool Masi
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:38:57 -0700


John, Let us know who the EBAY buyer and seller's identities are? We should reward such generous behavior. Brian in Berkeley

- "John Price" <emailprice@comcast.net> wrote: Brian and all, To make things even more interesting, your friend didn't end up with the

bike, I did and it stayed in the family. My aunt without notifying any of the family sold it at a garage sale and it

appeared on ebay and though the CR link I saw the bike and long story short,

after freaking out I contacted my aunt who contacted the ebay seller (Th e

Ebay guy who bought it at her garage sale) and asked for the 'family' Ma si

back, as we all told her we would never talk to her again otherwise. He

complied and she refund the money he gave her for it. Since I have a couple

of Masi's (MC # 0806, the newest or latest Carlsbad built frame in Bob's

registry and a 98 Corsa), and I race and collect vintage bikes, (Brian and I

have corresponded in the past) she made me the new keeper of the heirloo m.

When visiting her, when I looked at the bike briefly in Ventura, it neve r

dawned on me the frame number,and it was always hidden behind a bunch of

crap in her garage. That was until it 'appeared' on Ebay and the frame

number was brought up by Bob Hovey. I look forward to sharing the detail s

with the CR gang and hope you Brian, Jim C. and anyone else who can give me

any insight and knowledge you can remember about the frame and circumstances

around Masi's America start-up. For what it's worth I used to live in

Carlsbad and my Brother still does, wonderful city! Sincerely, John Price Albuquerque, NM USA
>From: "David G. White" <whiteknight@burlingtontelecom.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]ebay outing: cool Masi
>Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:13:20 -0400
>
>Last night over dinner I told my wife the story of this Masi Numero Uno and
>how the buyer at the garage sale and the eBay buyer had agreed to return
>the bike. Her response: "it renews my faith in people that the two buyers
>would understand and value the family connection more than the money or the
>bike". If I were in the shoes of either buyer, it would be hard to return
>the Masi, but I agree with my wife. This is not about who legally owned
>it, or who had rights to it. And, I'm not saying that returning it to
>John's family was to only morally "correct" thing to do. A number of
>outcomes I can think of are fair and justifiable. But isn't it nice that
>some people are willing to look beyond their own interests and have big
>enough hearts to value someone else's interests. So I say bravo! to both
>buyers and think John is just fine. So, lay off folks and let's get back to
>talking about vintage bikes.
>
>Best wishes to all,
>
>David
>
>David G. White
>Burlington, VT
>
>_______________________________________________

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