Brian13
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You aren't missing a thing and you can find running 044s for that price, I have bought several in that condition for $100 or less. If you take a look at the bidders they all have very low feedback scores, just a bunch of newbies that have no clue or it could be "MR Shill" trying to run the price up.
I am with you on that. Surely the full wrap doesn't carry that much weight. Sometimes the bidding wars are krazy!
Just a guess. With so many here always looking for rear handle/tanks for them, maybe the supply has finally dried up and there bidding on that one for the tank.
Its amazing, the next auction I saw under that one was for a complete 044 that ran but not well, and it was in the high 200s with about the same time left. With those kind of prices I might strip mine down and sell it for parts so I can buy two more that run LOL.