a rough start to the year: non-buyers remorse...

[wallymann]

...i decided to non-bid on this merckx, because i already have one getting worked on and i already have a red eye-talian steel bike: 2 strikes.

and it ended up going for a song... $265...an early merckx with derosa-influenced elements, plus chrome fork and rear-triangle that are quite uncommon and what i prefer...in my size...FACK!

http://cdn02.trixum.de/upload2/4200/4088/5/5952714fd7c6934d874b5093a11af612e.jpg

[akelman]

But having an awesome the-one-that-got-away story is priceless, really, so at the end of the day, you came out way ahead. Still, that's a nice bike.

[fogrider]

since you already have one, hold out for a molteni orange frame!

[ultraman6970]

That sucks, everything i bid and dont bid gets out my reach like 99.999% of the time :D Sure you will find something better later on :)

[roydyates]

Maybe the guy who got it for $265 was willing to bid much higher, perhaps 2 or 3x higher.

You gave that a person (perhaps a fellow forumite) a wonderful gift. OTOH maybe the seller is a forumite, and you could have given him a gift by driving the price up. :)

[wallymann]

yep, in the grand scheme of things, it's not a biggie...i'm up to my ears in steel bikes...but still fun to b!tch and moan about!


Maybe the guy who got it for $265 was willing to bid much higher, perhaps 2 or 3x higher.

You gave that a person (perhaps a fellow forumite) a wonderful gift. OTOH maybe the seller is a forumite, and you could have given him a gift by driving the price up. :)

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

But having an awesome the-one-that-got-away story is priceless, really, so at the end of the day, you came out way ahead. Still, that's a nice bike.

I'd venture to believe every single member here has had that story to tell, for me it's happend at least a dozen times. As hard as it is to belieive at the time, another one always come around again, eventually.