Originally Posted by
Picchio Special
I love it when someone writes in to a seller and says, "Hey, that's a really special bike! It has a heart on it! It must be a De Rosa! Those are worth a ton of money to collectors!" Yadda, yadda, yadda.
There's that, and the "do-gooders" that will email the seller to tell them if they spelled "Mazi" with an "S" more people might see their auction. Of course I think this only happens when the bike is not in the "do-gooders" size.
Ebay is just so big it's hard for even the worst ad to fly under the radar but it does happen. Last week I scored a nice chrome steel Cinelli road stem that had been listed as a 1A. I could not believe it made it the whole week without somebody who did not want it to write in with a correction! In the end it was not a steal, but it did go for at least $50 less than what they usually bring in its condition.
The best deals are still in the buy-it-nows, but the good ones only last minutes!