I've sold a couple of rare items recently that in hindsight I could say I regret how little they went for. Indeed, I recently sold a Cougar 2000 shell and undertray here on Oople that is now on Ebay for considerably more than he paid me for it.
Am I angry? Not really. After all these things are worth only what someone is willing to pay for them. A collector who desparately wants that one last item to complete a collection is willing to pay a lot more than most of us, but only if that person spots the item you are selling. Even then you need at least 2 such motivated people to drive the price up.
The point is Welshy couldn't think why anyone would want to pay more than £200 for it, and the fact is most people wouldn't. You found one, and got a pretty sum for it. Be pleased, but realise you were lucky, thats all.......
Editted - Just to say I'm really not at all bothered. I wouldn't want anyone to think I was bad mouthing a fellow Oopler. He didn't expect it would go for so much either!
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