I reckon if you watched ebay for 12 months you could easily make it 10 not 8 Joe & sadly yes m8, the marine hobby is a strange fish or strange fish for that matter & I am not talking the finned variety, some folks in the hobby just seem to want to by the most stupid/rarest/most expensive thing they can lay there hands on, I am convinced they all do it for the one up-manship - idiots! its the same with the equipment, some will spend the earth to have the silly things that cost the most & do the least, I for one do not follow the crowd on that score & D.I.Y 90% of the stuff I use & grow most of my corals on from cuttings - patience is the key not a huge bank balance.
Imagine if they went tit's up the next day or did a bit of carpet surfing, which is the most likely scenario TBH