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Indeed there are schmucks who bought a lot of them and want to just make a quick buck on EBay



That's ridiculous. Why is it okay for you to buy an extra, but not okay for someone to buy several and make money off them on ebay? If people don't want to buy them for $499 on ebay, they don't have to. I will tell you, if I didn't already have one, and I missed the SB selloff, I would have gladly paid $499 on ebay to get one.

It's all about the empeg man -- doesn't matter how people get them (short of stealing). At least the ebay people are making them available.
Cheers,
rjf&