Trek OCLV frames on Ebay

"midnightmoses" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| Hi, Lately, I've seen three, 2003, Trek 5900 frames for
| sale on Ebay that do not look like a typical Trek OCLV
| frame. That is, the paint is not standard and there are
| fewer decals. All three were painted a burgandy, dark
| cherry color.
|
| One seller said that his came from Trek's warranty
| department and that these frames are only offered to
| Trek's best dealers.
|
| Does anyone know the story on these frames? Are these
| frames that have been returned to Trek under warranty that
| are then repaired and resold? Are they really 5900s? Has
| anyone heard of this?

AFAIK, the red colour was only available in a frameset. But
any Trek dealer could get them if they ordered them.

midnightmoses said:

Hi, Lately, I've seen three, 2003, Trek 5900 frames for
sale on Ebay that do not look like a typical Trek OCLV
frame. That is, the paint is not standard and there are
fewer decals. All three were painted a burgandy, dark
cherry color.

One seller said that his came from Trek's warranty
department and that these frames are only offered to Trek's
best dealers.

Does anyone know the story on these frames? Are these
frames that have been returned to Trek under warranty that
are then repaired and resold? Are they really 5900s? Has
anyone heard of this?

Thanks any information,

moses

I heard these are new frames held in inventory without
paint, slated to be painted and sent out as replacements for
frames returned under warranty. Apparently they didn't have
as many warranty claims as they thought they would, so
they're thinning the reserves with a special paint job and
pricing to dealers.