Dathan:

I am sorry to hear this report. I know that you have been actively looking, and I knew that you had been disappointed on a couple of occasions.

As you have been closely involved in chasing the 1133B Monacos, I am wondering whether you might be willing to give our readers an update on the state of the Monaco market? realizing that you have come to terms with a couple of different sellers, where do you put the market for the 1133B's? what prices for excellent / near mint / etc.?

If you prefer not to discuss it, we will understand, but an update from a neutral party would be interesting.

here's wishing you better look in the search.

Jeff

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: Some of you may remember that I had all of my
: Heuers stolen in a burglary in the UK in
: October last year. Since then I have been
: trying to purchase a decent Monaco 1133b for
: a fair price. In the last month I have
: agreed deals with three different sellers
: only to be let down by the seller. On the
: first occasion the seller agreed the price
: with me and sent me his details for payment
: but minutes before I went to the bank he
: sent me an email saying he had sold it to
: someone else who had offered a higher price
: (even though we had agreed a deal) on the
: second occasion the seller agreed a price
: only to email me when I thought everything
: was agreed to say he was putting it on ebay
: as he had got greedy - his words (the price
: he got on ebay was lower than I offered) and
: today it got worse I agreed a price and deal
: with the seller sent an immediate deposit by
: paypal and sent a wire transfer (at a cost
: of $50) for the balance. When I returned
: from the bank I had an email from the seller
: saying he had an offer of 500 euros more and
: was selling it to the other person - I now
: have to wait for my money to come back and
: will lose on exchage rates and bank fees
: ($100+). I don't think this is fair way to
: conduct business has anyone else experienced
: this. People seem to be desperate for
: monacos at the moment and a lot of gazumping
: is happening - I wonder if it has anything
: to do with $9000 nos monaco on ebay. The
: search goes on.