Or maybe your sig. other is demanding you try to get rid of some bikes, so you try to make sure it doesn't sell: "well, honey, I tried, but in this economy---". As it is, you can't even tell for sure it is an Eisentraut. But we should cut some slack, the seller has only 5 transactions, not an experienced ebayer by all appearances. If he's serious, he'll learn.
Tom Adams It is my size but I'm working on my custom Fat Man frame now in Manhattan, KS, USA
From: Michael Schmidt <mdschmidt56@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [CR] ebay outing: eisentraut touring bike To: "Anthony Taylor" <ajft1942@yahoo.com>, "Charles Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 3:00 PM
At the end of the day, it's THEIR bike, THEIR time, THEIR auction.
Your viewpoint.
Mike Schmidt Millington, NJ USA
On 1/16/10 3:55 PM, "Anthony Taylor" <ajft1942@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's amazing how many sellers are so lazy that they can't remove all the crud
> from behind their bike/frame/whatever to present it well on an ebay, or
> craigslist site. This has to detract from the sales price. 5 minutes planning
> must be worthwhile???
>
> Tony Taylor
> Manchester NH
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> ________________________________
> From: Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Sat, January 16, 2010 11:43:43 AM
> Subject: [CR] ebay outing: eisentraut touring bike
>
> So, here's my question: how does it happen that one comes to sell an
> expensive bike on ebay, and one does not, apparently, bother to look at other
> successful auctions of similar bikes, to see what sort of presentation is most
> effective? I am baffled by auctions like this:
>
> http://ebay.com/
> ADME:B:SS:US:1123
>
> Charles Andrews
> Los Angeles
>
>
> Q: "Why do people spoil everything for
> themselves?
>
> A: "In big ways, and little ways too,
> people do that all the time to themselves.
> We can't stand prosperity.
> We have to tinker with the machinery."
>
> --John D. MacDonald