Originally Posted by
maym036
The frame is wine red and has no decals. It was a custom order told me the original owner.
Overall the paint is still good, but on the top tube there are a lot of paintchips from storage.
I imagined that Cinelli might do repaint so it is still somewhat original. If I do a repaint, I really want a very good
quality.
There is no way that this frame left Cinelli with that paint. It has been repainted.
Originally Posted by
maym036
Here are a few pictures of the frame. As you see the overall condition is good. But the scratches on the Toptube really hurt.
I am currently negotiating with the seller on ebay since he took all the pictures from as low as possible to hide the scratches on
the toptube. I got over 20 pictures, and no one showed the scratches on the TT.
My first ripoff on bikes....
I don't know if you are right to say that you got ripped off. In fact I think that it is petty and incorrect to "negotiate" with a seller after the fact: either you accept what you got and shut up or return the item and take your lumps on the return shipping fees.
A quick look at the frame would have shown it to me to be a repaint, no matter the quality of the photos. If the photos were so horribly bad as to prevent you from recognizing anything, then shame on you for not doing your due diligence. Plus in the case of a 50th anniversary bike, the value is invariably in the components. The paint damage has no impact on the ultimate value of the bike as a collector's object, nor on the use of the bike as a tool to ride. When you play with big boys, you need to be a big boy yourself. You more than likely won the bike because others had done thorough due diligence or shied away because of the poor pictures.
BTW, the seatlug bolt is not correct.