Brooks panniers - are they _that_ good?

In message <[email hidden]>, David Pipes
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Quoted message said:

A pair of second hand Brooks panniers just sold on e-bay for £41.00 + £4.50 postage. BikeWizard has
new ones for sale at £39.95, postage free. Am I missing something here?

That there a surprising number of people who buy things on ebay without it seems ever using the web
to find out how much the cost.

Not just cycling stuff, all sorts of things.

I guess they just assume that it must be cheaper.
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Chris French, Leeds

David Pipes said:

A pair of second hand Brooks panniers just sold on e-bay for =A341.00 +=

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=A34.50 postage. BikeWizard has new ones for sale at =A339.95, postage free. Am I missing
something here?

Some people are [censored] when it comes to eBay. The Brooks panniers reviews =

I've seen (not seen them for Real) have said they're okay, but hardly in =

the Altura/Ortlieb/Carradice etc. league.

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David Pipes said:

A pair of second hand Brooks panniers just sold on e-bay for £41.00 + £4.50 postage. BikeWizard
has new ones for sale at £39.95, postage free. Am I missing something here?

Yes, about £1.05 and £4.50 postage :-)

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David Pipes said:

A pair of second hand Brooks panniers just sold on e-bay for £41.00 + £4.50 postage. BikeWizard has
new ones for sale at £39.95, postage free. Am I missing something here?

I can beat that (I'm actually rather ashamed of this). A while ago I listed a cheapo Littlewoods
cycling computer, wireless thing that they sell retail for 15 quid. I started it at a fiver, the
bidding went to £41 and change. I thought someone was playing silly buggers but sure enough the
cheque arrived in the post a few days later. I felt ever so guilty cashing it, taking a fellow
cyclists money in that way but... *shrug*

To make me feel even worse the thing had only cost me something like £2.50. Bought it online from
Littlewodds when they were doing a "15 pounds off your first internet order!" promotion. They had
forgotten to specify a minimum spend and so it only cost me the postage.

Bob
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