Like many others good and bad. Over the years I have gotten good deals on parts - 4-5 Offshore dials for $750 or less (some new and others that were repairable) from Watchco and others, Panerai tritium dials and hands, made a deal with Mr. Turkish crowns and bought his entire strainless stock for a group buy, a few Angelus movements before people caught on for under $500, etc. That party is largely over though. I also met Kenji from Watchonpo on ebay with his first listing before developing an off ebay relationship which led to at least a half dozen honpo for me and other forum members, Also lots of other good stuff. But I was also taken for $3k on a too good to be true gen. Somehow I suspect it all evens out. But it definitely is a form of gambling. Sometimes I just can't resist.