One other reason... SPITE!

Back when you could identify eBay bidders, there was a particular Japanese buyer who bought classic French bicycle components for wealthy collectors in Japan.

These collectors weren't into cycling, for them it was a hobby like stamp collecting! At best, they were playing bicycle bingo, trying to fill in the boxes on their websites with one of everything a classic French component manufacturer produced, Once they fell into the maw, the items were probably hidden away in some dark, smokey temple of bike parts.

This was running the cost of buying C&V French components through the roof for everyone!

The buyer kept outbidding me so I started backing him up the price poll for spite. One time I got him to up over $300 for a saddle not worth more than $100 then bailed.

After a number of rounds of those games, he dropped out of an auction any time he saw my name!

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Chas.