Prices sure have gone up!

[Britt Boyette]

Check out these parts on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/77-400-GS6-Penton-KTM-GC5-Cylinder-head-AHRMA-VMX-mx-/320626777790?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4aa6d85ebe

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/77-400-GS6-Penton-KTM-OEM-fiberglass-seat-pan-rare-VMX-/170574884338?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27b70e2df2

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/77-400-GS6-Penton-KTM-rare-frame-Vintage-MX-project-/320627612356?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4aa6e51ac4

Britt Boyette

76 400 MC5 (project)
77 250 MC5 (uberproject)
77 Husky WR250
75 Can Am 125
76 RM370
77 Yamaha TT500D
83 YZ250 (future flat tracker)
06 KX450f
09 Kawasaki Versys
Too much of a good thing? I think NOT!

[tomale]

I had no idea i had so much money just laying around in my shop, guys like this come and go, over the years I have bought very little on e bay for this very reason, I seem to do alot better with dealing my my friends who treat me right. And in return I try to do right by them too...

Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)74'
250 hare scrambler (project bike)

[Larry Perkins]

Just like bikes, asking and getting is 2 different things.  If it does not sell; and these items probably won't, it is just a mental exercise not a statement on REAL prices.

Larry P

[Terence McEnally]

I have some magazines published by Penton publishing. They're all about the latest in high-volume food processing. Good shape except for the corn oil stains and confetti from the trade show. I'll take $10 gazillion for the lot.

[joe novak]

Some are obviously in it for the money... period!

[454MRW]

I have purchased some items from this seller at reasonable prices from time to time. They must think that some things are made of gold while others are just run of the mill. There is no rhyme or reason to their pricing. Mike
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/77-400-GS6-Penton-KTM-stator-lot-125-250-Vintage-VMX-/320628064995?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4aa6ec02e3

Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
75 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
74 CR250M 07 CR125R & CR150R

[dirtbike]

A dirty seat base for $400. The seller is what they would reffer to as an "utter prat" in Great Britain.

I just don't like when people set their prices to an unrealistic value just because there are few pieces around. That's blackmailing and a certain way to make the customer unhappy and left with a feeling of having been cheated.

[garrettccovington]

Everytime I see this stuff it causes me to go into panic mode, throw a couple of more chains and locks on the bikes and start adding up my new found wealth.  The closer it gets to race day, sanity prevails and all caution is thown to the wind.

I often wonder about those guys that came out to Barstow from Texas (Austin)last year and "picked" all those vintage bikes.  They picked about 50 CZ's Penton's, Can-Ams, Huskies, Bultaco's, Ossa's Montessa's, Sach's, DKW's, KTM's.  I think, as I recall, Their e-bay site was something along the lines of My trash your treasure.  They had so many bikes, they needed a Semi and a huge 5th wheel flat bed to haul them back.

I've been checking their store and haven't really ssen anything for sale that they picked up. So, I figured Ron C got it all.

They Posted a notice on the POG Site "Bike hauling from Austin to Barstow" or something like that. At these prices they had a million bucks worth.

G

72 six-day
79 KTM MC80 250

[TeamSunset]

I sell on ebay, and hopefully I'm not one of the bad guys, but things are about to change for online buyers and sellers alike... for the worse. Thanks to a hidden element of our president's new healthcare bill, we now have the new 6050W Tax Law. Starting January 1st 2011, anyone that does over 200 online banking sales transactions per calendar year, of over $20,000.00 in online banking sales per calendar year, now has their info submitted directly to the IRS. Experts anticipate a mass departure of garage-seller types away from ebay and other websites. What does it mean? ...less product available, which drives prices even higher. Bad for the seller and buyer alike... everyone pays more. Crazier yet, starting in 2012, anyone that sells something for more than $600.00, online or not, will be required by law to submit a 1099 for each transaction, for all 50 States. This law is so crazy that experts claim that the added paperwork will put many small businesses out of business. We all pay our taxes, but soon everyone will be under the microscope. No... I did not vote for him either!

[Terence McEnally]

I would propose some rather restrictive rules (covenants?) on the ownership (stewardship, make that) of certain items, Penton motorcycles and parts among them, some solemn oath that must be sworn in blood before any transaction involving this stuff. It could quite easily kill the true enjoyment of Penton bikes if the spares market were to be cornered by base profiteers. I confess, I have bought stuff from E-bay-hemoth, but it almost never "felt right". Posting a for sale or wanted on POG is like dealing with family, a statement which I am totally unqualified to make being so new to the group maybe. Whatever, half the time I'm on Ebay it's just to rescue some stuff from the hands of infidels. I can imagine my garage if I had unlimited funds.

[TeamSunset]

Yikes Reverend! ...how do you really feel?

[Terence McEnally]

Sunset: "How I really feel" is posted on even numbered dates. Deceit and treachery are reserved for odd dates (except leap year). Please review any previous posts and note the corresponding dates applying the foregoing rule. Wait! Strike that! Reverse it! TM

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[TeamSunset]

ok... that's done, now back to topic please.

[garrettccovington]

I wonder how this will effect Craigslist purchases?
G

72 six-day
79 KTM MC80 250

[TeamSunset]

In a nutshell... it affects everyone that sells and accepts PayPal payments for selling over 200+ items per calendar year, or that sells and accepts PayPal payments for $20,000.00+ of merchandise per calendar year. Word has it that Ebay will lose tons because of the PayPal connection and Craigslist will grow for just the opposite reason. Only time will tell I guess.