I've ran into a couple great deals buying from estate sellers. I picked up a Bird 4412 peak reader with the 10k slug for $200 shipped and another for $260 also with a 10k slug.Fairness to this seller looks like he just sells swap meet and estate sales bric a brac.
I saw no other radio items. I doubt he knew anything about the meter. Just saw what comps went for and posted it.
Some sellers intentionally sell broken gear and I've had those too.
Namely a linear. And after a month of fighting eBay found in my favor. I try to stay off of there but some items you can't find.
I'm not quite rolling in @NightThumper league so I dont have two of HIS meters
I need a twin to the meter I have as a after switch swr meter for my two runs of coax.
Most my easy ebay returns were from estate sellers like yours. The radio peeps fought me more but still lost and ive had luck beating bogus buyers too.