[QUOTE=Sonoma76;7609593]A 13 year old bike new in a box? That sounds like a story. Care to share?[QUOTE]
The bikes pictured in my earlier post
Originally Posted by
Doohickie
Have a bit of an interesting history. I got the Nishiki Labor Day weekend from a lady in my church. Her daughter-in-law's father passed away and there were a couple bikes in his garage. She got a hold of them (along with several other items) to donate to our church's annual garage sale.
I found out she had them through the grapevine and since I was looking for a new commuter, I went over to check them out. Nishikis haven't been produced for the North American market since 2001, but this one still had the store price tags on it and the nubbies on the tires and everything. The original price was $379; I paid $100 for it. I probably could have paid less, but the money was going to my church's garage sale so I didn't argue it.
After buying that one, I started thinking about the other bike- the old Raleigh, and went to take a second look at it. I ended up getting that one for $30. We agreed on $25, but hey, that money was going to the church too so I bumped it up a little, especially when I saw some ebay sales that showed similar bikes going for several times that amount.
So I got a "new with the price tags" Nishiki that's at least 7 years old, and a collectible 1966 Raleigh, all for $130.