Tango Yankee
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I agree with you, though, Baron. I buy what I like and I wear it. I am not buying because I think it is "worth something." Nor am I buying thinking I'll make tons of $$ on an item.
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While I do have a few hats that came to me in various ways (I wanted one hat in a group, I wanted the hat box but not the hat, etc) to sell I've never tried to convince myself that it'll be an "investment" or that I'll always be able to get my money back if I need to. The basic truth is that any item that gets sold on ebay is worth exactly what it sold for at the moment the auction went final. It doesn't matter if there's someone out there willing to pay double but just hadn't seen it, or if the price goes sky-high due to a bidding frenzy to a price that is clearly (to most of us, anyway) way beyond it's value. It's worth what it goes for at that moment, and as we've all learned, there's no accounting for what happens. It just does.
Me, I revel in the times I win something for significantly less than I was willing to bid, and don't concern myself if I win something at my absolute highest bid because that was what I was willing to spend. I have had only a couple of regrets in bidding, and those were because I hadn't bid high enough even though I would have willingly gone higher. A particular lavender fedora sold by Marc Chevalier comes to mind. That one taught me to bid big if I really wanted something!
Cheers,
Tom