One other aspect of this issue is that sometimes "stupid" people aren't
aware that a given item is available directly from the author/maker and
don't know of any other source for the item.
I, myself, would surely qualify as a stupid person for purchasing a good
many items on ebay--most recently a
A copy of Jean Leader's book of patterns for 4 Bedfordshire bookmarks is on
ebay, starting bid 95 pence. I bought it direct from her a short while ago.
Be interesting to see if some stupid person goes mad and pays way over the
price they can get it from from Jean, like they did for Barry Biggins' b
