U bet they already have two or three of each kind, shape.color...they just get the piggie syndrome..... although I could be guily of that too,,but only on 5.00 beaters.
Ebay is not collecting, it is skimming. Collecting is hard work and takes time. Ebay is easy and quick. It feels like collecting, only without the work, which is why you have to pay someone else to do it instead.
Are you referring to any auction in particular? I have been watching the stuff everybody likes but haven't seen a real high one lately. But who knows, could have missed it.... There is always stuff going high on there though. I have at times bought things I really "need" at "above retail"........