Any seller on eBay can sell anything for any price they can get. EBay is about
the sellers; the higher the prices that items are sold for, the more profit
eBay makes. They really have no reason to care if buyers overpay. Shop
victoriously!
The rule on eBay, as with virtually all other marketpl
David, we will expect higher Riv content from you hence forth ; -
And no more capitalism blocking ya here!
-Hugh
Los Angeles, CA
On Nov 12, 2014 3:39 PM, "cyclotour...@gmail.com"
wrote:
> As the person starting this, I'm 100% okay with it being deleted by a
> benevolent dictator. :-)
>
> While
As the person starting this, I'm 100% okay with it being deleted by a
benevolent dictator. :-)
While it was vaguely on-topic (Rivendell/Nitto parts), it wasn't the most
uplifting of posts...
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:20:38 PM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote:
>
> He is going to come here and beg th
He is going to come here and beg the service that he provides as a way to
justify the predatory prices he sets. I don't see any good coming of the
replies that will follow, though I promise not to join in.
I know specifically of Moser pantographed Modolo levers from Hungary, $45/,
that he and
I would think his prices and business practices speak for themselves, not
really interested in reading some diatribe from someone who wants people's
hard earned money.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Hugh Smitham wrote:
> I don't have a lot of time at the moment to say what I'd like to say abou
I don't have a lot of time at the moment to say what I'd like to say about
whether or not to let Mr. PB*bikes make a statement on this thread, so
simply I think not. Ebay would be the forum for that.
It's his business model that's his right more power to him. Folk who really
need that item(s) and
I trust Jim’s judgment. And, generally, the restraint of the group.
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To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: HIgh hopes
Ok...
Everybody take a breath.
Thanks.
I'm kind of conflicted on this thread. I've been working on a project
which finished up this morning, so I'm probably just worn out and grumpy
enough to ask just why this is a RBW related topic.
On the other hand, the actual auctioneer has contacted m
I was working in Colorado this last summer and stopped into Pro's Closet.
It is a clean little set up with tons of parts gleaned from ex-pros and the
Boulder industry people. It's rumored they are working on a bike museum as
well. It is located in a nondescript light industrial warehouse on the
we're still talking about a current production part, which can be bought
new for $170, that he has a used one listed as "Rare Vintage" for $450 BIN.
It's not about the price, it's about the lie.
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 1:16:53 PM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote:
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> I’ll open myself to mocki
I’ll open myself to mocking by admitting that I have, in fact, sold a plastic
bicycle water bottle on eBay for $100. However, this was a very rare, mint
condition bottle from the 1980s, still in the original packaging and printed
with the Colnago name and logo. The combination of those factors l
I brought my RB-1 from Pro's Closet for $400, a great purchase.
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It's a heck of a business model, and probably something they love doing.
Separating fools from their money that is. But I don't see how a *buyer*
would not take 30 seconds and find a new Nitto stem for half of what pb is
selling used for. If s/he is able to take their money, all hail pb!
I much pr
So I kinda know pb*bikes, we talked once, and I've seen his postings on
various forums. I'm familiar with his operation and the ill-will he seems
to generate. He hasn't appointed me as his defender, and I'm not
volunteering for that roll, but I will present another side of the coin.
If you sear
Oh, i hear you. When see outrageous prices i know it is PB bikes or another
seller or two that deals in overpriced "vintage" items. I would think from
a business model Ebay would never let you filter out sellers, that would
hurt their commission on said sales and the bottom line, which is all that
Peter, you are correct, and I'm not aware that anyone is accusing him of
violating any rules or principles of honesty. But by setting prices to
obscenely high sums, and actually waiting for someone desperate enough to
pay them, he's effectively driving the entire market up.
I mentioned that I'
People, ebay is an online auction house. The rules of the Auction house are
they present the product, you decide how much you want to pay. Now blatant
mis-representation is illegal and immoral but listing something for double
what its worth isnt either of those things. Why is a Rothko worth $40
mil
the formula is simple - he buys parts in auction on ebay and re-sells them
in a BIN store at double his purchase price (or more). In many cases, he
is simply fishing for idiots, sometimes people who don't know better, other
times, impatient people who won't wait for a better deal.
On Tuesday
It really is truly amazing what he gets for his stuff when you look at his
sold items. $75 for NOS Simplex pulleys??!! They're not even the fancy
bearing version.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Simplex-Vintage-bicycle-Derailleur-Pulleys-/281326407472?pt=US_Derailleurs_Rear&hash=item41805c4f30&nma=true
Go through his ebay storefront, s/he has a LOT of vintage parts for sale,
and what seem to be highly inflated prices. But when you look at the
feedback, 9,999 happy customers that seem content to pay those prices. So I
guess s/he has figured out a pretty lucrative business model.
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