Originally Posted by cycliste
Hmmm, looks like the buyer has 50% (25+ out of 50) of positive feedback made from the seller and all "AAAAAA+",... all entered on the same day, and the buyer can be found repetitively in the seller's feedback list. I wonder if this auction turned into a sale or was intended to attract a higher bidder.
I wouldn't be surprise we're dealing with some "e-con artists" there.
Not at all. It looks like the high bidder (who, BTW,
is Japanese, as I had suspected..) is either a conservator for a cycling museum, or has a huge collection of old cycling bits. He bought 25-some items from the same buyer, yes, and all of them went for a very good price.
But, all the rest of his purchases are from other sellers, and are also old, collectible bikes and bike parts. Suffice to say, whoever this guy is, he has more money than most of us do...
I doubt this was a schill bidder-it would be too obvious if it were. However, if this bike shows up again anytime soon, then I'd start to wonder.