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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Jetboy

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8. i once sold a wooden rim bicycle for $500.

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:33 PM

Feb 2014

Was quite pleased with myself until the man got done explaining exactly what I'd just sold him. He said it was the first bicycle made in America after the high wheeler.

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That "I'm a dope" moment! [View all] grasswire Sep 2013 OP

been there, done that! wyldwolf Sep 2013 #1

One of my pals libodem Sep 2013 #2

I can't think of something right off the bat, but I know I've had some close calls. Vinca Sep 2013 #3

As someone who sells mid century,I'm dying sufrommich Sep 2013 #4

I'll PM you grasswire Sep 2013 #5

I agree.nt sufrommich Sep 2013 #6

I've had the opposite. Hayabusa Sep 2013 #7

i once sold a wooden rim bicycle for $500. Jetboy Feb 2014 #8

aghhhhh grasswire Feb 2014 #9

I didn't do enough research either. Heck, it sat on Ebay for a month or 2 at $1000. Jetboy Feb 2014 #11

Ouch! arikara Feb 2014 #10

It happens. Jetboy Feb 2014 #12

When I first started selling arikara Feb 2014 #13

I think that there are people lurking around ebay just waiting for that mistake to happen. Jetboy Feb 2014 #14

yes on checking everything twice grasswire Feb 2014 #15