Not sure what aluminum bikes have to do with this, but assuming arguendo that they do, I point out that you offer no proof that they sold. So the bottom line is that the two Kleins still have nothing meaningful to add to the analysis.
I factored my artificial $3000 USD price to make sure I...
I sold it for $3K USD because without other sales to compare I didn't know how much it could fetch. I therefore offered to sell it at my artificially designated price and someone accepted it AND paid cash ... now we all know it likely could have fetched more, something not known beforehand.
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My Merlin E-Stay sold for $3000 to one of our members today, October 1, 2009. It sold for that amount within 30 days of me posting real pics, which means it could have fetched more ... so now you know something current about market price...
Hmmm ...
"Frailty, thy name is ..." aluminum, carbon fiber, metal matrix ... or GoldenEraMTB?
Of necessity, gold yields to platinum.
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My Merlin E-Stay is quite real and still with me, and it has survived some challenges. Both of my ex's had a problem with it. The first, a Fulbright Scholar and Harvard Business School dropout, politely complained that I purchased the frame without her consent. The second, a would-be Mexican...