Ridiculous eBay prices and discriptions

[* * Chas]

"RARE vintage Peugeot......" Turns out to be a beat up U0-8 from the early
1970s with a $200 asking price. U0-8s were the most common bikes imported
during the Bike Boom.

Most of these kind of auctions are being run by the "pack and ship"
operators. A friend of mine bought a brand new mid 1980s Centurion top end
bike from one of these sellers. It took over a month to ship and the ham
handed @%$#&* packed the bike in bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. The
Stupid seller used a crowbar to pull off the crankarms. He received the
bike all dinged up from the wheels and components rolling around in the
box.

The other annoyance are the fools who overprice their "Buy It Now". There
is currently and early 1970s Motobecane Grand Record that been turned into
a fixie, the seller is asking $1500 "Buy It Now".

There appears to be a "slow race" among bidders in a price war at $.25 a
bid for this bike. ;-)

<
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=013

So much for my rant....

Chas.

[still me]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:20:18 -0500, futrino <futon@qwest.net> wrote:

>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=013
>>
>> So much for my rant....
>>
>> Chas.
>>
>>
>>
>The brooks Saddle is NOT included in this auction

Damn! I was about to buy-it-now before you pointed that out. Thanks!

$1500 - LOL

[Hank Wirtz]

On Sep 28, 12:50 pm, "* * Chas" <verktygj...@aol.spamski.com> wrote:


> There appears to be a "slow race" among bidders in a price war at $.25 a
> bid for this bike. ;-)

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&...

A fixie conversion on a road bike, of course, does not a track bike
make.

But in true velodrome fashion, it's not a matter of how fast you
finish, just who's in the lead at the end...

[A Muzi]

* * Chas wrote:
> "RARE vintage Peugeot......" Turns out to be a beat up U0-8 from the early
> 1970s with a $200 asking price. U0-8s were the most common bikes imported
> during the Bike Boom.
> Most of these kind of auctions are being run by the "pack and ship"
> operators. A friend of mine bought a brand new mid 1980s Centurion top end
> bike from one of these sellers. It took over a month to ship and the ham
> handed @%$#&* packed the bike in bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. The
> Stupid seller used a crowbar to pull off the crankarms. He received the
> bike all dinged up from the wheels and components rolling around in the
> box.
> The other annoyance are the fools who overprice their "Buy It Now". There
> is currently and early 1970s Motobecane Grand Record that been turned into
> a fixie, the seller is asking $1500 "Buy It Now".
> There appears to be a "slow race" among bidders in a price war at $.25 a
> bid for this bike. ;-)
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=013
> So much for my rant....

What a load of crap. That isn't a "1960s" model Motobécane nor is the GB
bar a "fifties" version. What a hack job. Yeccchhh.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

[jim beam]

* * Chas wrote:
> "RARE vintage Peugeot......" Turns out to be a beat up U0-8 from the early
> 1970s with a $200 asking price. U0-8s were the most common bikes imported
> during the Bike Boom.
>
> Most of these kind of auctions are being run by the "pack and ship"
> operators. A friend of mine bought a brand new mid 1980s Centurion top end
> bike from one of these sellers. It took over a month to ship and the ham
> handed @%$#&* packed the bike in bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. The
> Stupid seller used a crowbar to pull off the crankarms. He received the
> bike all dinged up from the wheels and components rolling around in the
> box.
>
> The other annoyance are the fools who overprice their "Buy It Now". There
> is currently and early 1970s Motobecane Grand Record that been turned into
> a fixie, the seller is asking $1500 "Buy It Now".
>
> There appears to be a "slow race" among bidders in a price war at $.25 a
> bid for this bike. ;-)
>
> <
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=013
>
> So much for my rant....
>
> Chas.
>
>
>
is this r.b.t or r.b.m? i think the latter.

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <13fr404q8k6nqf3@corp.supernews.com>,
A Muzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

> * * Chas wrote:
> > "RARE vintage Peugeot......" Turns out to be a beat up U0-8 from the early
> > 1970s with a $200 asking price. U0-8s were the most common bikes imported
> > during the Bike Boom.
> > Most of these kind of auctions are being run by the "pack and ship"
> > operators. A friend of mine bought a brand new mid 1980s Centurion top end
> > bike from one of these sellers. It took over a month to ship and the ham
> > handed @%$#&* packed the bike in bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. The
> > Stupid seller used a crowbar to pull off the crankarms. He received the
> > bike all dinged up from the wheels and components rolling around in the
> > box.
> > The other annoyance are the fools who overprice their "Buy It Now". There
> > is currently and early 1970s Motobecane Grand Record that been turned into
> > a fixie, the seller is asking $1500 "Buy It Now".
> > There appears to be a "slow race" among bidders in a price war at $.25 a
> > bid for this bike. ;-)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&ssPa
geName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=013

> > So much for my rant....
>
> What a load of crap. That isn't a "1960s" model Motobécane nor is the GB
> bar a "fifties" version. What a hack job. Yeccchhh.

Never mind that, how can you even tell so much from the single lo-res
photo attached to that auction?

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

[A Muzi]

>> * * Chas wrote:
>>> "RARE vintage Peugeot......" Turns out to be a beat up U0-8 from the early
>>> 1970s with a $200 asking price. U0-8s were the most common bikes imported
>>> during the Bike Boom.
>>> Most of these kind of auctions are being run by the "pack and ship"
>>> operators. A friend of mine bought a brand new mid 1980s Centurion top end
>>> bike from one of these sellers. It took over a month to ship and the ham
>>> handed @%$#&* packed the bike in bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. The
>>> Stupid seller used a crowbar to pull off the crankarms. He received the
>>> bike all dinged up from the wheels and components rolling around in the
>>> box.
>>> The other annoyance are the fools who overprice their "Buy It Now". There
>>> is currently and early 1970s Motobecane Grand Record that been turned into
>>> a fixie, the seller is asking $1500 "Buy It Now".
>>> There appears to be a "slow race" among bidders in a price war at $.25 a
>>> bid for this bike. ;-)
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230175861829&ssPa
> geName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=013
>>> So much for my rant....

> A Muzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>> What a load of crap. That isn't a "1960s" model Motobécane nor is the GB
>> bar a "fifties" version. What a hack job. Yeccchhh.

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Never mind that, how can you even tell so much from the single lo-res
> photo attached to that auction?

Just frame color and bar description, not magic. Seller either has a low
opinion of his audience or doesn't know.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

[Luke]

In article <rcousine-1A99DD.17344128092007@news.telus.net>, Ryan
Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote:

> > What a load of crap. That isn't a "1960s" model Motobécane nor is the GB
> > bar a "fifties" version. What a hack job. Yeccchhh.
>
> Never mind that, how can you even tell so much from the single lo-res
> photo attached to that auction?


http://www.adroitdesigners.com/ebay/motobecane.html