A lot more than salt is added to cooking wine. Nasty stuff. Is it me or is the o.p. a tad defensive. Probably just me... but I am pretty right on about these things. Yep... classic guilty conscience. The decent thing was to delete the offensive e-mail and get on with life. Coming here for validation was a mistake until post #15 .

I don't have time to write snarky e-mails to greedy people who try to profit off ignorance or a trust fund. The o.p. would have taken whatever outrageus price they were asking "as a test of the market" should someone have been so clueless or independently wealthy that they thought it was a good deal. Don't you smile when you see some insufferable and whiny princess in the dating section get smacked down in public? She has also received a few e-mails saying even worse things. That is the way of the world. Some will just shake their heads and walk away, some will ask you if you are serious and some will tell you where to get off.

But had the o.p.'s asking price been "fair" they wouldn't now have to be seeking solace for their hurt feelings. Karma. I for one have no sympathy. A lot of people also seem to think that a lot, as in, there sure are a lot of bikes in Portland, should mean that 45 year old mass produced bicycles should be sold used, for $500. Some of them didn't cost that when new. My main commuter cost $150 from a co-op. It is a decent enough mid-90's Schwinn touring bike with Shimano Exage (bio-pace) components. Not that shabby. CL sellers indeed want $350 and more for bikes like this.

The folks who want to spend lots of money on a bike in Portland and commute with it are legion. They know where to go to buy them. Most however are rocking way more pedestrian fare. Most paid nothing at all for them. They paid more to put brifters and compact bend handlebars on them.



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