Paying at ebay "more than what the item's worth" can sometimes be a subjective comment, because there are many times that I think I have done so when I set a maximum price and win the items with room to spare, but still feel comfortable doing it as I am happier just getting it asap and putting it on my bike to ride with than spending countless nerve racking hours trying to win bidding wars against other collectors and restorers and still losing the item most of the time. Unless you are really just collecting for speculation purposes, it's really not worth the time effort and stress to go into countless bidding battles with other bidders. because there are jillions of other guys out there trying to get what you want too, and it comes down to a silly challenge of who can post their bid the quickest and last. If you are a low volume collector that is not planning on selling off you latest project for a profit, just save up and get what you need to make the best result for your restoration project. As long as you don't do something utterly ridiculous like paying 200+ dollars for an NOS Huret Jubillee derailleur or something...but then again, that could just be subjective for a Jubillee "super fan" driven by abad case of classic weight weenie fever, like most of us get once in a while....

Chombi