Hi Sasha,

I normaly would agree but $19 was just the starting bid. The $19
might be OK if it didnt get bid up.

Their "Buy it now" price is $28 plus $18 for shipping for a total of
$46 and the cake is pretty much a $7 to $10 cake if you found it
unboxed in Chinatown or an Asian market.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=4352512 567

Mike




On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:10:09 GMT, "Alex Chaihorsky"
> wrote:

>Really? I do not thing $19 is very steep for 400g green puerh if it is any
>good. It would be 5g per 1$.
>
>Just a though.
>
>Sasha.
>
>"Mike Petro" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>> Hi FF,
>>
>> I suspect you are thinking of Xia Guan, they are the ones who changed
>> to the Crane logo. Back when the State owned all of the factories the
>> logos were all very similar. This cake is from CNNP (China National
>> Native Produce) factory who still uses the old stylized Cha symbol
>> logo. These cakes are widely available and are not necessarily very
>> old. In this case they are a charging a steep premium for the fancy
>> gift box.
>>
>> Mike
>> http://www.pu-erh.net
>>
>