Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] $5,555 for a Lens Hood ??
From: Kip Babington <cbabing3@swbell.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 10:53:09 -0600

The bid history is fascinating.  Until 3 days ago it was just over $500.  The
winning bidder then placed a bid that upped the ante by a factor of 10, but which
MIGHT have been the result of just an extra "5" keystroke at the end of an
intended slight increase.  Given that knowledgeable experts have pronounced this
one of the rarest of all critters, it's possible that the other bidders just
didn't know what they were looking at.  But I sort of hope the winner didn't just
enter a bid without studying it carefully, only to get the surprise of his life
when he gets the congratulatory email.

The actions and comments of the runner up are interesting too.  Note that he had
a bid withdrawal at what looks like $4999 claiming a typo, but then came back
with a bid of $5500. Curious.

Cheers,
Kip