More "Winner's Curse" Ebay Prices!

[whitetop]

While on the subject of prices and swap meets, while not car related, a friend of mine bought a complete Schwinn Krate bike for $25 at a church bazar fundraiser two years ago. These bikes are going for what $850-1000 today?. The Ebay mania has not yet hit everyone, yet.....

[Mr70]

Dave
Orange Krate?!
My first Muscle Machine.I can still feel that cheesey shifter in my hands,and that small front tire turning ever so fast.
I'll be home when the Street ligts come on Mom! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[whitetop]

Rick
It was yellow. Not up on my Schwinns.

[Belair62]

I have 7 of the darn things in my garage....hopefully I have them sold though...take up a lot of room....Lemon Peeler,Orange Krate,Pea Picker,Grey Ghost,Cotton Picker,Apple Krate,and a late model Grape Krate....

[whitetop]

Belair62
There is a guy in my area that put out want ads in all the local free type classifieds for a 8-9 year period. I called on him for my business a while back and he had probably 15-20 of them in his shop at the time. Not sure how much you guys communicate/know of each other but he has a florist/greenhouse shop in Bridgeport, Ohio (Rhodes Florist).

BTW were the moms back in that time period trying to ban the bikes because the 5 speed shift knob could hurt their little boys privates or is that just an urban legend?

[Belair62]

Not sure if it was the moms but they did stop making them for safety reasons I think....guess a lot of boys with higher voices were running around [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]