Let this be a lesson to why you should always lock your bike. Even when you're in "safe surroundings" or "just right over here."
PENSACOLA -- When Jim Rodney visited an estate sale on Saturday, he parked his bicycle near the carport so he could go inside to examine the merchandise.
When he came out he discovered that his bike -- his sole means of transportation -- accidentally had been sold, for $5.
Rodney, 56, said his bicycle, a chrome, 27-inch, 21-speed Schwinn Super Sport, had a value of about $450. Super Sports models on the Schwinn website sell from $450 to $950. He said that his bicycle apparently had been the victim of poor communication between the buyer and the family member helping with the estate sale, who had been haggling over another, older, bicycle in poor condition.
The organizers of the estate sale, held at a home on Dunwoody Drive, felt bad about the mix-up and offered him $100, Rodney said.
"I thanked them, but I told them that that wouldn't help me get my bicycle back," Rodney said. The organizers of the sale could not be reached for comment.
Since giving up his car about a year ago, Rodney has ridden his bike everywhere -- to work, on errands, etc. -- and had just had the rear tire and some cables replaced in preparation for a journey to Kansas.
"I'm hoping that the person who bought the bike will see this and realize that a mistake was made and have the kind-enough heart to get it back to me," Rodney said.
1 comments:
OK, you see used bikes all over the place being sold and you leave your bike, unlocked and unattended at the sale.
The top rocket scientist at NASA he is not.
Or maybe he is a sly dog and was working with someone to get a new bike by claiming his old bike was sold by the homeowners.
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