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: Hi Jeff.

: $1250! I guess we'll see what the street price is very soon. I hope
: the auction goes through to completion.

: One question: is your source for the "one of twelve"
: information reliable/credible? I say this because my retired SS
: friend didn't indicate any kind of "limited
: availability". He simply went to the on-line catalog and
: ordered them with a credit card.

: The watches are "limited", in the sense that you must be
: a SS employee to be eligible to purchase from the SS Gift
: catalog; however, I don't believe there is any limit on the
: number available. We'll see - if I'm right, then we'll start to
: see a flood of them on ebay. I just noticed there's another one
: with correct logo on ebay already. I suspect that it's just a
: matter of time before someone colludes with an SS employee
: "insider" to supply them in quantity. From what I've
: heard, ANY Secret Service employee, not just Agents, are
: eligible to purchase - that includes secretaries, I/T people,
: etc.. I'm hoping that the SS Administration will put some kind
: of cap on this to prevent runaway greed. Maybe "One per
: household".

: Obligatory Heuer content: I've got a brilliant idea! The heuer
: community should give Obama a "Barack Camaro" (black
: face). Then just sit back and watch the prices eclipse the early
: carreras.

: Regards,

: Lyle