19C. ANTIQUE EXTRAORDINARY BRONZE SAFE EMBLEM PLATE - eBay (item 290358024129 end time Jan-07-10 07:13:44 PST)

$1400 seemed a little high so I made a generous offer of $1
They replied with a counter offer of $900.
The interesting thing is that historically that then showed up on ebay as me having made an offer of $900 which they had refused.
So I made a second offer of $2 just to see what happened.
They replied to me that they believed that I must have meant $200 but they were still going to stick to a minimum of $900
I pointed out to them that I could sell them a dozen identical ones for $20 apeice from stock and probably find another 50 at that price if they wanted to buy them.
They replied that yes they were interested....but when I sent them the pictures there was no reply - but theirs is still up for sale at $1400. Some people just cant be told or even have it proved to them.