[CR][Re]was: pink RH vs.Masi, now: Copper plated nonsense

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:00:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: <wheelman@nac.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR][Re]was: pink RH vs.Masi, now: Copper plated nonsense

Nick Bordo makes a great point. Using ebay to judge workmanship and value is like predicting hurricanes with your corns. Case in point, I tried to sell a bike a couple of year back on ebay that I felt was worth around $400-$500. The best I could do was a little over $200 so the bike did not sell. My wife who knows nothing about bikes took an interest in this one bike and asked if she could have it and gave me $200 for it. Less than a year later, she put it up on ebay with my old description and photos and the damn thing sold for over $1000.

If we used ebay to do a statistical model of bike values, I am sure we would find that bikes sold to Japan fetch the best price. Does that mean that those bikes are better than ones sold in the US for the same make/model?

My annoying 2 cents.

Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ