What is the deal with Kaweco sport pens on eBay?

[edteach]

Is there some difference I am not seeing? The pens are being asked from 15 usd to 300 usd. Is there some gold involved? Or is it just people with stupid prices. Thanks

[I-am-not-really-here]

$15 pen=Worldwide distribution editions; basic colors; steel nibs

$300 pen=region-specific distribution editions;  limited edition colors and/or special edition colors; 14k gold nibs

 

Optionally, add seller Greed or buyer FOMO, depending on which side of the transaction you are representing.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Is is a piston sport with a semi-flex factory stubbed gold nib?

I waited quite a while for one of those. A 12G from the late '60's.

It was in a 'lot' of maybe two or three pens....so I didn't pay more than €70 for it.

 

Professional sellers have the highly inflated US marked in mind....in they have a two car garage, they can wait for for certain folks to show up. (severely limping in a circle due to an extra thick heavy wallet in the pouring rain folks) I got banned for using a shorter word...they or the seller  were offended. 

Another trick is to say 'buy now' for $285...and the same pen is set in the auction section at only $265, so buying now doesn't seem so expensive.

 

The same pen once went for €100 in the auction section of German Ebay, but now the normal seller has seen what a professional garage owner, wants and is willing to sell for 1/3 less or twice it's worth.