1985 Saracen Conquest...looks familiar :-)

[neilll]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SARACEN-CONQUEST- ... 125005r816

 

[legrandefromage]

saw this and thought 'too expensive'

 

[mrkawasaki]

Mean Spirits

Is it me - I always feel a tad disappointed when I see a BoTM 3rd place finisher (I voted for it - so assumed it was a winner ;-) ) turn up on the 'bay... especially a recent one :roll: Personally, I don't think that's what retrobiking or BoTM is for... Price, well that's another story... :shock:

Mr K

 

[Russell]

Second time of asking, and he has dropped his BIN by £1.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... t=conquest

£125 to £500 in a matter of a couple of months :roll:

 

[CTK]

I think its lovely- I offered £150 for it, but got turned down. Wont be raising my offer.

 

[zangolin]

It really is quite entertaining looking a the various replies + opinions of members. As far as I am aware the Saracen has never been BOTM - maybe nominated but certainly not BOTM.

 

[Harryburgundy]

It really is quite entertaining looking a the various replies + opinions of members. As far as I am aware the Saracen has never been BOTM - maybe nominated but certainly not BOTM.

Yup..I couldn't see it as BOTM......and who gives a rats arse if its on Ebay now.

 

[zangolin]

Yup..I couldn't see it as BOTM......and who gives a rats arse if its on Ebay now.

Well said Harry could not agree more!

 

[Dr S]

Re: Mean Spirits

Is it me - I always feel a tad disappointed when I see a BoTM turn up on the 'bay... especially a recent one :roll: Personally, I don't think that's what retrobiking or BoTM is for... Price, well that's another story... :shock:

Mr K

If it's blatant cashing-in then it's tasteless. But peoples circumstances change-especially in these troubled times. I also don't recall any grumblings last month when Ameybrook sold the Yeti Yak that was entered in the very same BoTM!
Let's not hang one of our own yet.

Si

 

[mrkawasaki]

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It's my personal opinion - not a hanging request - let's not get my comment out of hand.

It makes me sad when people ('have to') sell bikes on after showing here - I'm not apologising for that.

When bikes and parts appear to go up in price we are all going to be impacted by that trend. When someone picks up a bike/part and for whatever reason sells on for a higher price (I'm not necessarily talking profit here - bikes that leave this country for example, are near impossible to bring back after postage expenses both ways) - it is another contribution to escalating values.

In the perfect retro world we'd sell to each other and cover our costs. This ain't a perfect world.

I'll edit my factual error re. BoTM nomination - it doesn't change my view. If Retrobike is developing a sales culture amongst the 'members', I'd be sad about that too.

Mr K