In an earlier thread, I ranted when my feelings were hurt when a Forum contributor took issue with the apparent intellectual capacity of the high rollers in an 11C auction, not knowing I was one of the rogue bidders.
Well, I have been duly humbled, since I am starting to see his point.
Check out this.
I initially bid too high on this. Then I wised up and asked the seller to send me close ups. What he classes as scratches from routine use really look quite horrible in the glare of a camera flash--the words "surveyor grade" or "field grade" quality, not "routine use", come to mind.
So I retracted my bid (the horror!) and re-bid lower, out of courtesy, and prayed I would be soon outbid.
I was not disappointed. Just look at the craziness of this auction! If the high bidder is willing to spend that much, a few more bucks at hpcalcman.com will fetch a unit in much better condition--thanks
Randy for advising me of that.
I just don't get this crazy market. I do admit I tend to tolerate slightly elevated prices if I like the unit and if there are other attributes of the sale that I like (extras, seller here in Canada so no duty, reasonable shipping cost). But well over $200 for what I know to be a cosmetically inferior unit with nothing else to sweeten the deal (box, manual) is a little perplexing. What is more perplexing is that I would have been wholly untroubled by this only a few days ago!
Live and learn. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa....
Cheers,
Les