Geez. I would have offered them back to the sender before taking them to Goodwill.
Then again, I would never take any bike to Goodwill, anyway. Jim On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 1:21 PM masmojo <masm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Reasons why more Betty Foys don't pop up. > First, there probably never really that many to start with. > 2) Being replaced by the Cheviot. > 3) The introduction of the Clementine. > 4) It was more or less targeted for women & sadly there's a much smaller > number of female cyclists. > 5) Probably more than most Rivendells, as in your example are purchased > for the intended user by a well meaning loved one. Depending on that > relationship, daughter, wife, girlfriend, etc. The bike may be ridden or > it may sit in the garage, store unit, etc. > Many BF recipients may have no clue about their bikes origin or how > exceptional it really is. So they may pass it down, give it to charity or > worse just let it collect dust. I was brutally made aware of this by my > sister who I discovered gave a bunch of REALLY nice bikes that I had sent > them to the Goodwill while cleaning out their storage room. When I see how > much similar bikes go for on Ebay it's hard to keep from crying. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
