Re: [CR] New trend in E-Bay Auctions? Seller's wishful thinking?

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From: "Steve Birmingham" <sbirmingham@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:59:28 -0500
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Subject: Re: [CR] New trend in E-Bay Auctions? Seller's wishful thinking?


The guys on the baseball card message board call this the "Ebay buy it now museum" A constant display of nice stuff at prices nearly guaranteed to leave them unsold.

Steve Birmingham Lowell, Massachusetts USA

Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:54:51 -0500 From: Tom Sanders <tom@orderandchaos.com> Subject: [CR] New trend in E-Bay Auctions? Seller's wishful thinking?

I see a very nice Campagnolo tool kit offered on E-Bay Item # 200397050159. The Buy It Now is $7000 or Best Offer. Recently there have been some other extremely high prices accompanied by a best offer option in the sale. Are we seeing the new normal method of selling a high priced item? I wonder if this makes good sense or not, and to whom? It sure makes for some interesting reading on my monitor! I wonder what the longer term implications are for nice vintage bikes if this gains popularity? Will it be healthy for us as riders and collectors?

Tom Sanders

Lansing, MI USA