Thank you Jenny ^_^

As to your message:
>1) Perhaps she _purchased_ them from taro
>because she liked them?  Ever thought about that?

Exactly. I actually purchased 4 of the Tamahome 
cels in all, 2 on the first day he posted them, 2 
on the second day he posted them because I saw 
ones I liked even better. I have had the cels in 
my possession for about 2 months now and it's 
been an agony to decide which one I want to part 
with because it's unfair for me to have 4 of 
them. If you are wondering, I am keeping 2 of
them (now in my gallery ^_^) and the other one
I am giving to my 13-year-old cousin who is a
Tamahome fangirl. Of the two I am keeping one
is just of him looking sexy, the other one he's
blushing ^_^!! It's toooooo cute.

>2) Have you any idea what two cels she also just 
>got from taro?  It's no surprise that she would 
>sell one of the Tamahome's to get a little money 
>back.

Heheh. You just hit the nail on the head. I am
also leaving for Japan in two weeks and I 
wasn't planning on spending $1300.00 right before
I left ^_^;; So I am trying to part with things
that I can't justify having (like 4 Tamahome
cels from the same sequence ^_^;;)

>3) Regarding profit... is she selling them for 
>higher than the original purchase price? Her
>price was not listed in the post.  Why were you
>so quick to judge so harshly?

Thanks for your support ^_^ On this note though...
I didn't post the price, because I wanted to make
either a good trade, or (honestly) I hoped to
make a LITTLE money off of it. After all, I don't
have to sell the cel, it is mine now, and it's
not like I bought it just to sell it. Since when
are people not allowd to sell their own cels ??
O_o ? Did I miss something ?
If I had really wanted to sell it for gobs of
money I would have put it up on eBay and
auctioned it off. I posted it here so that a
fan would get it, not someone throwing gobs of
money at me.

>I've had my own experiences where I've purchased
>several cels that I really liked... then found 
>another that I liked even more, but was more
>expensive.  So when I recieved the first cels I
>had to turn around and sell them to fund the last
>purchase.  Might as well give someone who missed
>it the first time around a chance at it.

Exactly ^_^!! In this case, I ended up with 4 of
them because I really liked the 2 I bought on 
the first day that Taro posted, but the ones on
the SECOND day --- whoa baby! I ~loved~ those.
I have never bought multiples of a cel like that
before, in fact, other than one DBZ cel I have,
I have ~always~ sold my cels from a same sequence.
I have never been one to want to own every single
cel from a sequence, I usually just buy one and
move on. 

>Finally, I think rather highly of Marisa.  She's 
>one of the nicest collectors that I've had the
>pleasure of meeting, and surely doesn't appear to
>be the type who wants to rip people off.  

And I think rather highly of you ^_^ and I promise
that if I find another you-know-who I will give
you dibs this time ^_-. Sorry I just had to grab
it this time :) 

Anna, I am looking for one for you too ^_^

*Marisa will be all over Japan going "IY wa doko
desu ka? Ikura desu ka?"*

misa ^_^