That's an interesting way of looking at it. When I bid on eBay, I always have a maximum price I would spend. I will allow myself 10% or so extra if I really want something, but that is it. I never considered that for some people it might be similar to gambling. But in this case, I really cannot understand how someone could convince themselves that this is a good deal at £1966, even £966. Maybe I am ignorant about the superior quality of Wilson Puppies...maybe they are so good that even in this condition, they sound better than most of the competition at £2000? Two grand can buy you a lot of great speaker, even if you bought new.The thing with eBay is that bidders get it into their heads that they want to have it, and they're going to beat anyone who gets in their way. Like gambling, it all starts to get unreal.
I think buying them for a Viking funeral is about as likely as that level of delusion. My best theory is that the people bidding are stinking rich, to whom £2000 is pocket change, and are doing it for some reason utterly beyond my means, such as paying a professional to restore and even improve them, as a project...for fun, as it were.
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