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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2428831, member: 76863"]It is rather interesting how the people in the position to pay whatever it takes only rarely do so, then again that's probably how most of them got to that position in the first place. I could not agree more about never using it for pleasure, it's not like you can take it with you in the end. </p><p><br /></p><p>I find this auction for these two to be fascinating how the dynamics played out. All of the behind the scenes action seemed to have come out on these two. There are so many theories about what or why happened but those that really know aren't stating publicly leaving us to guess or get little hints here and there. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in those strategy meetings. A large part of me suspects it was never in the plans for those two to sell this time around and the buyers at that level were aware of that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2428831, member: 76863"]It is rather interesting how the people in the position to pay whatever it takes only rarely do so, then again that's probably how most of them got to that position in the first place. I could not agree more about never using it for pleasure, it's not like you can take it with you in the end. I find this auction for these two to be fascinating how the dynamics played out. All of the behind the scenes action seemed to have come out on these two. There are so many theories about what or why happened but those that really know aren't stating publicly leaving us to guess or get little hints here and there. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in those strategy meetings. A large part of me suspects it was never in the plans for those two to sell this time around and the buyers at that level were aware of that.[/QUOTE]
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