"sweetheart" hotmail.com wrote:
This is possibly a rant but someone may be able to help this naive stupid female here.


Rant over. Any help on the little problem would be appreciated.

It sounds like you desperately want something but aren't prepared to pay
the "going" rate. Clearly others are prepared to pay more and you just
have to accept that on ebay at least, you'll have to pay more if you want
those plates or else get lucky.
It's nothing personal, it's just market economics.

Tim