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Title: Drool...957
Post by: Willie_B on March 21, 2010, 11:40:28 am
This is on the list of bikes I would like to have.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270550794903&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3D270550794903%26_in_kw%3D1%26_ex_kw%3D%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_okw%3D270550794903%26_oexkw%3D%26_udlo%3D%26_udhi%3D%26_ftrt%3D901%26_ftrv%3D1%26_sabdlo%3D%26_sabdhi%3D%26_samilow%3D%26_samihi%3D%26_sadis%3D200%26_fpos%3DZip%2Bcode%26_fsct%3D%26LH_SALE_CURRENCY%3D0%26_sop%3D12%26_dmd%3D1%26_ipg%3D50%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: orange on March 21, 2010, 01:19:47 pm
mmm :)
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: w2zero on March 21, 2010, 01:58:01 pm
Droolage indeed.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: Thunderchild on March 21, 2010, 09:44:42 pm
Can I have it...can I have it???

Thunderchild
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: shovelon on March 22, 2010, 09:02:37 am
Wow, right down to the green tires.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: DugB on March 22, 2010, 09:41:25 am
Is that a pretty stock setup? I've only ever seen the equipment list at BikePro, but never pictures of one setup to spec...
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: fyrstormer on March 22, 2010, 09:48:12 am
Crap, it's a large. You can have it.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 22, 2010, 01:05:32 pm
Saweet! I'll take it if nobody else wants it... :D
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: Spokes on March 22, 2010, 01:48:16 pm
ooo its exactly like the one in my brochure. If only I had £.......

Chris
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: shovelon on March 22, 2010, 01:51:11 pm
Saweet! I'll take it if nobody else wants it... :D
Somebody better go after it. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: Spokes on March 22, 2010, 01:58:56 pm
Saweet! I'll take it if nobody else wants it... :D
Somebody better go after it. ;D ;D ;D

Go on its all yours! :)
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: whisperdancer on March 22, 2010, 02:22:32 pm
Men, that's really nice!!!

I love those Kooka cranks. I wish I had a pair for my Animal...
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: Spokes on March 22, 2010, 02:46:28 pm
The price is going up quite quickly. Is any one from here bidding on it?
Shovelon loves shiney bikes  ;) :D

Chris
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 22, 2010, 03:11:07 pm
The price is going up quite quickly. Is any one from here bidding on it?
Shovelon loves shiney bikes  ;) :D

Chris

I have it on my watch list.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: shovelon on March 22, 2010, 05:59:12 pm
The price is going up quite quickly. Is any one from here bidding on it?
Shovelon loves shiney bikes  ;) :D

Chris
SHHHHHHH 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: fyrstormer on March 22, 2010, 07:22:27 pm
Bidding with more than 10 seconds to spare is a fool's errand. Bid once, stake your claim, and then wait patiently until the moment is right to strike before anyone can react.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: DugB on March 23, 2010, 12:44:07 pm
I second that, and will be using said tactics when I bid on this auction :-) If anyone on the list beats me to it and is more interested in the goodies than the frame drop me a PM. I have lotsa goodies, especially vintage and CNC'd stuff, plus cash. I really really only need the main frame, but of course am interested enough in the whole bike. I still have a 957 fork and rear end awaiting a main triangle, and Large is the needed size.

- Doug
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 23, 2010, 02:01:43 pm
I second that, and will be using said tactics when I bid on this auction :-) If anyone on the list beats me to it and is more interested in the goodies than the frame drop me a PM. I have lotsa goodies, especially vintage and CNC'd stuff, plus cash. I really really only need the main frame, but of course am interested enough in the whole bike. I still have a 957 fork and rear end awaiting a main triangle, and Large is the needed size.

- Doug

My primary interest would be in the fork, so if we can swing a deal on the fork I will hold off bidding.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 24, 2010, 07:10:26 am
That took a sudden turn for the worst.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: fyrstormer on March 24, 2010, 11:23:30 am
They always do. I think I've bid on two auctions since eBay first opened that didn't skyrocket (relative to the initial bid) in the last 5 minutes.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 24, 2010, 11:53:31 am
They always do. I think I've bid on two auctions since eBay first opened that didn't skyrocket (relative to the initial bid) in the last 5 minutes.

With 3 days left in the bidding it may go higher than what I just paid for my AMP B5.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: fyrstormer on March 24, 2010, 12:33:36 pm
It's bare aluminum and bare carbon. That means any surface blemishes can be fixed with emory paper and clear nail polish. I'd pay a bunch for it too, if it were my size and I didn't already own three of the same thing in a different color.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: Spokes on March 24, 2010, 04:05:08 pm
Hmm bare aluminium, just right for a coat of red paint  ;) only joking!

Chris
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 24, 2010, 05:10:44 pm
Hmm bare aluminium, just right for a coat of red paint  ;) only joking!

Chris

That's what I was thinking... :o
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: orange on March 25, 2010, 12:55:29 pm
some interesting shill bidding going on... ::)
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: fyrstormer on March 25, 2010, 02:02:12 pm
What bidding?
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: orange on March 26, 2010, 12:23:09 am
shill bidding. where the seller either himself with another ebay account or one of his mates adds small increments to bump the price up while still staying below the max set by the first real bidder. Risky as you may actually go above their max, but there's ways of knowing when you are approaching their max. Often if the shill bidder goes above the max of the real bidder, you'll find the real bidder gets a second chance offer as strangley the supposed winner 'doesn't pay' (not surprising when they aren't genuine).
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: shovelon on March 26, 2010, 07:02:41 am
Often if the shill bidder goes above the max of the real bidder, you'll find the real bidder gets a second chance offer as strangley the supposed winner 'doesn't pay' (not surprising when they aren't genuine).
Holy Cow. It never dawned on me.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: craiga on March 26, 2010, 09:58:19 am
One bidder's made 31 bids!

Shill bidding happens all the time - I have complained to ebay twice & guess what?.......They are not interested because it also inflates their fees
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: sandwich on March 26, 2010, 12:50:16 pm
you really think it's shill bidding?  That bike is mint, I bet there are more than a few **** out there who would love a 957, myself included.  I'll be interested to see what it goes for, but I'm looking at one that's closer to home.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 26, 2010, 02:43:11 pm
I am firmly in the camp of orange on this one. There are strange forces at work on this one.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: DugB on March 26, 2010, 05:11:58 pm
Heck, if this thing goes for $600 I think it's still within a collector value...above $700 IMO and its all shill.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: sandwich on March 26, 2010, 07:22:10 pm
eh that sucks...the 957 I had my eye on looks a little beat up and I can't pick it up until forever from now anyways...so...maybe I'll be bidding on this one.  It's so mint it looks like the photo from MBA back in the day.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: shovelon on March 28, 2010, 10:11:09 am
$715

Not too shabby
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: fyrstormer on March 28, 2010, 02:04:07 pm
eh that sucks...the 957 I had my eye on looks a little beat up and I can't pick it up until forever from now anyways...so...maybe I'll be bidding on this one.  It's so mint it looks like the photo from MBA back in the day.
Hopefully that isn't the photo they used.
Title: Re: Drool...957
Post by: mootsguy on March 29, 2010, 03:59:06 pm
Not a terrible price, but I paid the same thing for my AMP B5 recently so I am kinda glad I resisted the urge.