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Old 01-29-08, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Picchio Special
I'm with you. I mean, literally, since we apparently are in the same geographical area. But also, I'm taking my selling on the road this year - Westminster, Cirque, Trexlertown, and bypassing eBay for the most part. Plenty of good deals to be had at my table, just to avoid the hassles. Used to be the redeeming feature of selling vintage bike stuff on eBay was that it was small community that kept one another in line to some extent. You usually knew the person you were selling to, and were likely to interact with them at some point in some other way. But with the expansion of the hobby, that seems to be less and less the case.
The other thing is that people expect something used to be almost as good as new. I mean this is supposed to be an auction site not Amazon.com. I think you right about going to T-town and some of the other places. Now that community is nolonger small..... and it only takes dealing with a few bad eggs on ebay to ruin you reputation.