Quote Originally Posted by Marko View Post
LOL, Rick, I like the third scenario.

But what happens when there are no crickets around?
Someone gets a good deal on a Splatoplatz.

Here's an example. A while back, I bought a Tamron SP 90/2.5 macro lens, and a Canon EF Adaptall adapter for it. It makes wonderful pictures on small format. I wanted the dedicated 1:1 extension tube, but it was hard to find. I kept an eye out. Then, on ebay, one came up for sale for $85--a high price for that item. Someone came on the manual focus forum laughing at the price. That was just about the time I was "buying it now".

I didn't care that they were laughing at me, and my justification was that I could easily spend more time than that extra $40 is worth just trying to find the correct item. I was happy to get ripped off so conveniently, and maybe the seller had a little better month because of it. He has to eat, too. I'm not sure the guy laughing at the price on that other forum ever understood that.

That scenario corresponds to the "better" scenario.

I have other examples, too.

Rick "still waiting for the right deal on a Frankenheimer" Denney