ebay insanity: campy pricing

Jim Martin said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

Thanks,

Jim

Brand new Vecloe are about $150 with cable kit-10s, Mirage(9s) is even
less. A Campag rear der and bobs yer uncle.

have ya priced a set of 10s shimano STI lately?

Jim Martin said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

Thanks,

Jim

AS for ebay insanity...I think some view it as gambling or some sort of
control trip. I have seen many used bicycle things go for more than a
new one at retail(Campagnolo carbon brake-only levers come to mind).

BUT new Campag stuff is not expensive and older stuff is readily
available, including 9s levers that can be converted to 8s.

Jim Martin said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

e-bay does have its share of nonsense.

Quoted message said:

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

At the moment you have pointy ones, and you want to swap them for roundy
ones? You do know you can switch the shift disk in the 8-speed lever to
get 9-speed, don't you? Check with Peter. Cheap. You should also be
able to get new levers for about the same price, or less, than those e-bay
ones (which would be pointy-style, anyway).

--

David L. Johnson

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_`\(,_ | by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." --Ralph Waldo
(_)/ (_) | Emerson

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

Jim Martin said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

Thanks,

Jim

AS for ebay insanity...I think some view it as gambling or some sort of
control trip. I have seen many used bicycle things go for more than a
new one at retail(Campagnolo carbon brake-only levers come to mind).

With my Christmas money I was bidding on a GPS. I knew that I could
find this model for around $189 on line so when it got to $175 I dropped
out. It eventually went for $184. I immediately checked Buy-It-Now and
found one for $140. Basically by not doing any DD the other guy wasted
$44 (and I almost wasted $35).

Grerg

--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

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Quoted message said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

Any kind of brifters seem to really fetch a premium on eBay. I've acquired
an old trek bike and put my old 126mm 6 speed 105 hub wheels onto it,
replacing the freehub and cassette to go to 7s, then figured I'd get an old
7s brifter to control it. Haven't seen anything go for less than 8sp Sora
is retail, basically.

LBS has a pair they took off the bike I bought with a flat bar earlier this
year. I think I'll probably just go get it from them, at least they'll look
after me well at the same time.

David L. Johnson said:

Jim Martin said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

(D.J. replied):

Quoted message said:

e-bay does have its share of nonsense.

It's not "nonsense" when you have something to sell.

Brifters, as another poster notes, are 'spensive on ebay. Campy has
added upward price pressure due to changing configurations, especially
alloy to carbon, and other "price points" concerning the different
models' having different bodies, ball bearings v. bushings, and even
pierced v. solid finger levers. Plus the pointy/roundie predicament,
and the ins/outs of upward/downward 8/9/10 mobility <g>.

I saw a place in the UK earlier this year that had a selection of Ergo
levers, new, from three or four different years, including IMS "late"
Chorus 9sp, alloy w/bearings. I looked; sorry, the link seems to have
been lost in the change to Mac. Google? --D-y

Simon Cooper said:

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Quoted message said:

Hi Guys:

Well, a little while ago I posted a question about 9sp vs. 8sp. Campy. I
posted it because I *thought* I was going to buy a set I saw on ebay. 8
year old chorus levers went for ...... $191!!!

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

Any kind of brifters seem to really fetch a premium on eBay. I've acquired
an old trek bike and put my old 126mm 6 speed 105 hub wheels onto it,
replacing the freehub and cassette to go to 7s, then figured I'd get an old
7s brifter to control it. Haven't seen anything go for less than 8sp Sora
is retail, basically.

Use the 8s Sora and adjust the RD limit screws to have 7 speeds.
Spacing the same.

Quoted message said:

LBS has a pair they took off the bike I bought with a flat bar earlier this
year. I think I'll probably just go get it from them, at least they'll look
after me well at the same time.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:24:54 -0700, Jim Martin <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I know this the tech group, but I'm sure some of you guys are price
watchers. Any of you know where I could look for campy ergo levers
(chorus or daytona/centaur) or maybe a mini build kit at low price? I'm
sure some store must have older 9sp stuff or slightly out of date 10
speed. Any year will do except I don't want the older "pointy" style.
Whatever I get I intend to swap out to 8sp triple.

Buy any Campy 10 shifters and any Shimano rear derailleur and shift
Shimano 8 perfectly.

Ebay doesn't set prices, to my knowledge, they are an online auction
house. The seller sets a base price, which potential buyers up as they
bid on it.

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WOW! That's the first time I've seen this! So I just set the derailer
adjusting screws appropriately and then use 8 of the 10 clicks huh?
That's very cool.

Thanks,

Jim

Paul Kopit said:

Buy any Campy 10 shifters and any Shimano rear derailleur and shift
Shimano 8 perfectly.