> Equally silly. Albeit there is a cachet among certain crowds for > being the very first to have something desirable. I am not aware of > any such cachet for over paying for something.
2 quick edits. First, meant over paying for the IPhone is equally silly, not James' comment. Second 'over paying for something' used. On Aug 1, 10:27 am, JoelMatthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > The older Rivendell catalogs (No.3) listed the B-17 they were selling at > > the time as "A spiffed up (just for Rivendell) B-17". Doesn't that mean the > > saddle was a unique product? Or was Rivendell ad copy just false? > > Yeah, and how much did Riv charge for the saddle? Brooks made (and > continues to make) many special edition saddles. They rarely rise to > the level of collectors items. New in the box, perhaps, an older > Brooks SE may be worth what a brand new Brooks sells for. Not nearly > $60.00 more. > > > Ebay is a free-market thing, you can ask what ever price you want, you may > > get it. > > You are arguing free-market is more important than free speech? > > How many iPhones were sold at a marked up price? > > Equally silly. Albeit there is a cachet among certain crowds for > being the very first to have something desirable. I am not aware of > any such cachet for over paying for something. > > On Aug 1, 9:38 am, James Valiensi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > The older Rivendell catalogs (No.3) listed the B-17 they were selling at > > the time as "A spiffed up (just for Rivendell) B-17". Doesn't that mean the > > saddle was a unique product? Or was Rivendell ad copy just false? > > > Ebay is a free-market thing, you can ask what ever price you want, you may > > get it. How many iPhones were sold at a marked up price? > > > Cheers! > > > On Aug 1, 2010, at 5:18 AM, Steve wrote: > > > > Welcome to EBay, where sellers of all kinds appear able to list and > > > sell goods at far more than what one would consider a normal value. I > > > saw one used Sturmey Archer AW hub listed for $149 when NOS units go > > > for $25 and a brand new hub will cost about $75. They think that the > > > brand name justifies some vast increase in price. > > > > Steve > > > > On Aug 1, 6:57 am, JoelMatthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> This seller apparently believes the fact this used Brooks B-17 was > > >> sold by Rivendell means it ought to fetch more than Rivendell will > > >> sell you one new: > > > >>http://cgi.ebay.com/Brooks-Rivendell-Saddle-/280542049122?cmd=ViewIte... > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > James Valiensi, PE > > Northridge, CA > > H818.775.1847 M.818.585.1796 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
