I see your point LK for sure and for certain and I respect that view. But personally after seeing the final outcome of that oven on ebay but the results speak for themselves. Out of 361 lookers on the item there was 16 bids in total from only 5 bidders. Not a huge percentage of people actually placing a bid on the oven, despite the amount of people looking at it.
And I really do beleive that Dereks comments or anyone else's for that matter would'nt have altered the outcome. I don't have any Drama's with such things being mentioned on the site as we all know that the majority of us search ebay regularly and know whats on offer out there.
I have my fair share of ovens and as I mentioned before, and after Dereks comments I thought to myself, pull your head in and give someone else a chance.
This has been a good post and it has brought up some good points for all to consider.

Until the next chapter....

Astro.

For me getting a bargain isnt as important as getting something that is unusual, useful and has a history.  I hadn't realised there were so many different shapes until some of you shared photos of your purchases with us.  I think regardless of exposure etc its just a matter of setting your mind to what value you are prepared to pay and take into consideration risks that we are warned about (breakages, cracks etc) and dont budge a penny more.

So far I haven't found anything but I live in hope 

I am off to WA next week, I think a foundry there was mentioned.  Is it still going? and would it be worth a visit?

You can bet your boots, your brand new pair of boots that I won't be bidding at a time of the year when hosts of souls have to get up and call:  "hey, there's one, hey, there's one,  look, look there's one." 

& I don't think there has ever been a time when I intentionally bid hoping to bid someone else up either.