Schwinn on EBay -- Is this a good buy?

[TJW]

This one has a good ending.

With the seller's help, bikeflights.com paid for the damaged rack.

We were able to show that this bike was well packed by the seller.

I can't say enough good things about bikeflights.com. If you have to ship a bike, they are definitely a good choice. They have outstanding customer service. They are, in my opinion, infinitely better than dealing directly with FEDEX on a claim.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

even without the rack at all the bike is worth what you paid for it. you need to take things like this to a hobby painter, an actual body shop has to make a bunch of money to keep the doors open, us hobby guys put whatever you give us right in our pockets.

 

[TJW]

even without the rack at all the bike is worth what you paid for it. you need to take things like this to a hobby painter, an actual body shop has to make a bunch of money to keep the doors open, us hobby guys put whatever you give us right in our pockets.

So far, I have had no luck finding a hobbyist or bicycle shop in Houston that does bicycle painting.

However, a fellow Caber in California has offered to straighten out my rack and Bob U has offered to paint it for me for just the cost of the paint, so I may have to mail the rack around a few places to get it fixed reasonably.