It made me smile.  

for years
I have fantasized about starting a site and calling it 2nddibs for those of us who dont charge anywhere near those prices. But hey, I imagine a big city retailer has huge overhead.

I believe there is an...
I believe there is an American ebay dealer called 2nddibs...Ive def seen the name somewhere.

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there definitely is...they also run a website...mostly just random stuff, but every now and again something good and usually very cheaply priced...just outside of NYC i think...