Strange indeed.
First Cinelli I can recall that has the half-chromed seatlug and unchromed headlugs. Was that a Mod. B thing (I assume from the flat fork crown it isn't a SC).
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On Jan 28, 2008 4:24 PM, <chasds@mindspring.com> wrote:
> You see this kind of madness every once in awhile:
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> http://ebay.com/
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> If I read the auction description correctly, someone, inexplicably, actually BID on the bike instead of paying the buy-it-now price (which was very reasonable, imho)..and now, the bike will--needlessly--cost more than it would have if the first person who wanted it had simply bought it.
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> Why do people do this? Sure, the bike started at 900, but the first bid was 1650!! the buy-it-now price. Did the first bidder accidentally bid on it, instead of buying it? Assuming the auction description is accurate?
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> I've seen this a few times on ebay now, and I always marvel at it.
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> It's as if you went into your local bikeshop and they told you you could buy that nice Masi Special (worth, oh, say, 3K to any reasonably educated buyer) in the window for a grand. But, if you wanted to bid $900 instead, they'd spend a week auctioning it to the highest bidder, who may or may not be you.
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> Freakin' weird, is all I can say.
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> Nice cinelli though. Someone missed a great deal there, imho...the seller got lucky.
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> Charles Andrews
> Los angeles