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12-19-06 | 03:13 PM

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merlinextraligh

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Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike

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Originally Posted by barba

Hi Merlin. I checked out your auction. I am betting it is a combo of bad time of year and limited feedback on your seller profile. It is getting harder to trust folks on eBay. If you are located somewhere with a reasonable bike market, I would consider Craig's List. Nice bike, BTW. If I had money for another bike I would love to ride it.

I understand the bit about limited feedback. However I sold an 8 year old bike friday tandem on Ebay for $2200, which was more than I paid for it, so the feedback issue didn't seem to hurt in that case.

As for the limited feedback problem, I thought about going to an out fit that puts stuff on ebay for commision to address that concern. But I thought that they couldn't possibly do as good a job describing it and answering questions about it.

I'm kinda hoping it doesn't meet the reserve. I think I'll do better relisting it about March 15.

Last edited by merlinextraligh; 12-19-06 at 03:18 PM.

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