>>>(if they looked past Ebay )

In this case, they didn't have to look past ebay. These are sold all the time for less than $20.

If they didn't want to wait, Ricky has a buy it now at half that auction price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63756&item=6157197168&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

ebay just brings out the "strange" in folks...