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Old 11-07-11 | 07:41 AM
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Bikes: Bertoni Corsa Mondiale, Bridgestone T-700, Miyata 700 GT, Trek 600, Trek 560 Professional Series, Chrome Panasonic DX 2000, Peugeot PH12, Peugeot PX10, Schwinn World Voyageur, Schwinn Circuit, and Schwinn Voyageur

Originally Posted by iab
People are people.

I prefer to befriend the ones I like. I ignore the others.
Although I've never sold a bike through Bike Forums, I did sell a bike to Bike Forums member. I had bought a highly desireable bike at a great price. I was uncertain of the value, so I posted pictures of it in the "What's It Worth Section". In my thread, I listed the price that I had bought the bike. Later I listed the on ebay for the value of the bike. The bike only had one bid, but I made sustantial profit over my purchase price. Because the Bike Forum member knew the price that I had bought the bike, he kept trying to renegotiate the price. He asked several times to lower the value of the winning bid. After seeing that I would not budge, he asked for free shipping. I've never had someone try to renegotiate the price after bidding on an agreed upon price. Since then, I rarely list the price in which I purchase a bike.
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