I dunno, but I do know I sold a single Craven topbox for £110 the summer
before last.

At Kempton Park today, I saw a complete three-piece Craven set (panniers
and topbox) in incredible condition, complete with al the mounts,
frames, brackets and even with all the little rubber grommets in place.
Black, too, the best colour.

I reckoned the stallholder knew his onions, because there wasn't a price
on it, so I asked how much he wanted for it. It turned out that (IMHO)
he didn't know what it was worth, because I got it for £110.

Seat of the pants says £250-300, though it could go for much, much more.
It'll be on eBay tomorrow night, so we'll see.

It wasn't the bargain of the day, though - that was the stallholder who
sold a complete serviceable-looking Honda CT70 (the rare US-market trail
version of the Dax)....

....for £35. The bloke who was pushing it away looked dazed.


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On 18 Sep, 19:19, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman)
wrote:
..
>
> Seat of the pants says £250-300, though it could go for much, much more..
> It'll be on eBay tomorrow night, so we'll see.
>
Prace bets now, I say shock of the year, £550

Honda CT70 (the rare US-market trail
> version of the Dax)....
>
> ...for £35. The bloke who was pushing it away looked dazed.
>
Bloody hell well done that man

Boxerboy

boxerboy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 18 Sep, 19:19, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman)
> wrote:
> .
> >
> > Seat of the pants says £250-300, though it could go for much, much more.
> > It'll be on eBay tomorrow night, so we'll see.
> >
> Prace bets now, I say shock of the year, £550
>

We'll see. Here it is on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260666289814


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The Older Gentleman wrote:

> We'll see. Here it is on eBay:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260666289814

How did you get the large pictures underneath the description?

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sweller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> > We'll see. Here it is on eBay:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260666289814
>
> How did you get the large pictures underneath the description?

Insert into the item description, at the bottom, this:

<img src="(your picture hosting url)">

In the case of that auction, the five pic urls look like this:

<p><p>
<img src="http://www.neil_murray.fastmail.fm/Craven1.jpg">
<p><p>
<p><p>
<img src="http://www.neil_murray.fastmail.fm/Craven2.jpg">
<p><p>
<p><p>
<img src="http://www.neil_murray.fastmail.fm/Craven3.jpg">
<p><p>
<p><p>
<img src="http://www.neil_murray.fastmail.fm/Craven4.jpg">
<p><p>
<p><p>
<img src="http://www.neil_murray.fastmail.fm/Craven5.jpg">





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The Older Gentleman wrote:

> > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260666289814
> >
> > How did you get the large pictures underneath the description?
>
> Insert into the item description, at the bottom, this:
>
> <img src="(your picture hosting url)">

Is there an additional charge?

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sweller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260666289814
> > >
> > > How did you get the large pictures underneath the description?
> >
> > Insert into the item description, at the bottom, this:
> >
> > <img src="(your picture hosting url)">
>
> Is there an additional charge?

No. Your own picture hosting is completely free.


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The Older Gentleman wrote:

> > > <img src="(your picture hosting url)">
> >
> > Is there an additional charge?
>
> No. Your own picture hosting is completely free.

10 decent 1024x768 pics of the K should look quite good and give buyers
confidence to bid big!

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sweller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> > > > <img src="(your picture hosting url)">
> > >
> > > Is there an additional charge?
> >
> > No. Your own picture hosting is completely free.
>
> 10 decent 1024x768 pics of the K should look quite good and give buyers
> confidence to bid big!

Works for me. I size my pix to 14"[1] across, in landscape format. And
use plenty of them.

It entices bidders, and (crucially) it prevents people from saying: "Oh,
well, I didn't see that in the pictures..."


[1] Real Money. I don't count in pixels or millimetres.


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Mark Olson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Unfortunately, in the world of digital pictures, pixels ARE the true
> size of your images. Declaring that a photo is 14" in any dimension
> is meaningless unless it is actually put to paper at that size. You
> certainly can't enforce the viewer's browser to display your image
> at a particular size, and there is no transformation that will
> magically make a low resolution photo into a higher resolution (more
> pixels) one.

Really? Oh well. Ta. I set the res for 72dpi and the image size in
inches. Still seems to come out OK.


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Kawasaki GT550x2 Suzuki TS250ERx2 GN250 Damn, up to ten bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com