It would appear that they only occasionally list a goban with the lowest price. At any rate, if you had any thoughts on some of ymimports's pricing strategies it would be interesting to see some of those thoughts on your blog. :) It would appear that ScatCat also has an interest in the quality so I'll be sure to provide some photos and impressions, myself. Nice purchase! I was thinking that, perhaps, I was the ChiyoGuineaPig for the 15cm goban after you left the KGS message. A $150 Go set is probably closer to most of your (overstretched) budgets. Still, I think this turn of events is good not just for me but also for many of you. There's a big difference between $153 and my preferred Kuroki set which would have cost $700. Kuroki but, alas, most of my discretionary income must go to ChiyoChan's college fund. I was very much hoping to acquire a lovely set of real slate-and-shell stones from Mr. Let's hope all turns out well in the shipping process.

That will help you with your decision to bid or not. When the set arrives, I will blog a product and purchase experience review and provide photographs. You can find these sets by entering these words in an eBay title search: kaya go board Over the next week, I will be blogging about that research which may help you with your own bidding efforts.

I had done a bit of research on this product before placing my bid. The bid was carefully planned but I did not think I would win as these sets normally go for $138 to $203. After adding shipping from Southern California to the San Francisco Bay Area and 8.25% state sales tax (inapplicable to everyone who lives outside of California), the total cost came to $152.38.

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