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He is also listing BIN engines. Or at least one- which I promptly bought.

Yes, I should have mentioned that in my prior post. That BIN with free shipping is right at what the most recent auctions have fetched if you count the $30-40 in shipping that was added on those.

So if you've been wanting one of these for a while now ... this BIN offer is probably as good as it will get for at least a while. I think there are still at least a couple of actual auctions of these still up on eBay by Jin, and now that there is a reliable BIN they may not quite reach that level, so there may be something of a bargain to be snatched up yet.

I sure wish Jin had gone with the BIN option a bit earlier on, could have saved a few of us some "interesting" experiences. But perhaps Jin has been reading along on the Forum here, and has taken this action to help relieve our pain !?!?