History, some repro parts can be found on ebay. Ebay will run holiday sales on occasion
and you get about 5% off. for me, that translates into most of my state tax and nothing more. If I make a large purchase, I will sometimes do that.
in the past, I would sometimes get as much as 15% off, using a major credit card along with ebay, and buy gold bullion. it worked out very well.
Check on some of the chase ccd offers. my one card gives me 5% bonus for using ppl as we speak. Hence I will buy some things off of the bay.....