A bicycle story of note, an incredibly bad idea, and Scalzi making sense...
One thing I keep noticing in the used sailboat market is that there's bugger all sense in the asking prices. It's whatever the owner thinks he can get away with.
Which is why you can have a bunch of Catalina 27s selling between $500 and $22,000 in the same area. FYI the current average price for a Catalina in good condition appears to be hovering between $2.5K and $3.5K.
I'll say it again and remind you that doing your research on the market makes all kinds of sense.
Listening to a couple of albums or so worth of Kate Bush coverage
So it goes...