just saw this on ebay: an m1000 for only $269 on "buy it now":

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pelikan-1000-Fountain-...1QQcmdZViewItem

i don't know the seller, but i would've jumped on this if i didn't get my own M1000 a week ago. this'll make someone very happy.

sorry for the triple posting! something was going wrong with my network connection. will try to delete the other posts, thanks! (mods, please do it for me if i can't.)

now ended, pen gone to some lucky guy!