Well I told you how much you could get for him easy.Let other people flip out on the price,it just means they aren't the "deep pocketed individuals" I was referring to.Its easy to complain about a price when you don't have money.
What I'm saying is that I sold a lei (the one pictured) just 2 MONTHS AGO that was 12" and I sold it for $400.The guy drove 4 hours to come and pick it up on top of that because I wasn't doing shipping.
I had so many PM's from other people who would have purchased it in a second if I would ship, one person even offered $450 if I would just get someone to help me ship.
If I had that very same 16" lei I would put it up for $500 and weather anybody thinks thats a fair price aside the fact is that IT WOULD SELL!!
There are people on here who drop that kinda pocket change on a fish they want all the time!!
Never underestimate the wants of a wealthy fishkeeper.