Thanks for sharing - last auction that I won a cue I had to pay a 30% buyers premium over my final bid price - on top of that I was at the mercy of the company handling packing and shipping of purchased items and they were very expensive if you are not local.
I did end up with a nice cue and it actually turned a small profit on re- sell even after all those added expenses - it was a Gus forearm Palmer third catalog.