Wow! Better hurry on this one!

[mikestanley]

Hopefully I'm not ruining someone's steal of the day but there is a beautiful Old Boy lighter on eBay (vertical lines model) for a BIN price of only $999.95!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Boy-Pipe-Lighter-by-IM-Corona-Chrome-Vertical-Lines-Item-1205-/261554839462?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce5e21fa6
The listing says it already sold four at this price? Better hurry gang, they are going fast!
Mike S.

 

[bulldogbriar89]

wow thats crazy people really spent that much on a lighter??? think of all the matches you could have bought with that money lol. I guess if you have the money and can spend it like that good for you.

 

[mikestanley]

I would sell mine for half of that if anyone is interested! lol.
Mike S.

 

[woodsroad]

I was going to say that it must be a money laundering operation, but I looked at the seller's other items for sale, and he looks very pipe smoker oriented:

 

[unholy1]

Ronson made some absolutely gorgeous lighters during the Deco period, but $1k for a modern lighter? Not for me. My $15 Zippo works just fine.

 

[woodsroad]

Strippers in New Jersey are required by law to wear those.

 

[johnnyreb]

Is The Complete Book of Breastfeeding illustrated with pictures?

 

[kcvet67]

The 4 that were sold were at $119.50, not $999.95.

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=261554839462&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2564

 

[bulldogbriar89]

just what I need a book on breast feeding lol :lol: :nana:

 

[misterlowercase]

Amazingly,

some ppl do shell out the big bux for a lighter...
...like $4,100 for this S.T. Dupont

8O

http://www.ebay.com/itm/S-T-Dupont-Tournaire-Phoenix-Black-Limited-Edition-Ligne-2-Lighter-/121438584935?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c464dc067&nma=true&si=Xjz%252BqNiMdrEYNr1KGoC0CFpJfhA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
...and some vintage stuff is pretty insane too,

what about this mini Dunhill fetching $405

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DUNHILL-Baby-Sylph-Silver-Plated-Rare-Miniature-Lift-Arm-Petrol-Lighter-/281473468807?nma=true&si=Xjz%252BqNiMdrEYNr1KGoC0CFpJfhA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Some of the very early Zippos go for gaga money,

$5,000 for this sterling silver one!

8O

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-sterling-zippo-/121415797394?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c44f20a92&nma=true&si=Xjz%252BqNiMdrEYNr1KGoC0CFpJfhA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
For some reason, ppl go crazy over the modern limited edition Zippos too,

this one from 1999 got $2,750!

8O

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Collectable-Charactor-Blade-of-The-Immortal-Zippo-Japan-Zippo-/121399051865?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c43f28659&nma=true&si=Xjz%252BqNiMdrEYNr1KGoC0CFpJfhA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[warren]

If you have a passion for lighters and collect them, you pay to fill the empty spaces. Lighters are very collectable, big market.

 

[misterlowercase]

...somehow it just makes me feel a little better about my PAD when I see something like this,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261643763615
:idea:

 

[mso489]

I hope no one is blowing their rent money on these lofty prices. The zombie/Frankenstein pipe

looks worth $1.39, but I wouldn't buy it for that. I guess if you set your nets you might get

someone to pay almost anything for a pair of sweat socks.

 

[acutabovebriar]

Its $119now!!

 

[woodsroad]

If you buy the thong goggles, I'll bet that they'll combine shipping.

 

[iamn8]

I've said it b4 and I'll say it again, beautifully built, highly engineered objects with a singular purpose are awesome. Do matches do the same job? Sure they do, but based of that philosophy we'd have no patek philippe, rolls-Royce, Ferrari, montblanc, etc not to mention the high end pipes... Some find no value in high art while others find beauty and grace, even in something as pedestrian as a lighter. The ping of a Dupont lighter and the weight in your hand plus the fact it lights on the first try every time, they're a joy to use. And then there's nostalgia, a motivator for other objects.

 

[wyfbane]

I love lamp.
~Brick Tamland (Anchorman)

 

[seadogontheland]

Black BICs are my lighters of choice, and at a couple bucks a pop, they are all I use...and more reliable than many with no flavoring from lighter fluid. Butane rules!! Just MHO.

 

[jmmize]

Agree Seadog!!

 

[mso489]

Buy matches at the dollar store and send anything to spare to the local animal shelter or another

good charity.