The money sounds about right, but obviously you'd know better than me. I wasn't there when you bought it.

Since when does a judge need to be an eye witness to the crime?

Apparently, with the greatest of respect, all the time.

To comprehensively judge whether that level is reasonable at the stated price you would first have to analyse how 'reasonably level' it was. If it was not reasonably level then the price is too high. If however is was reasonably level then the price appears justified. All this must take into account market forces however.

Only I have used a level of that level, at any level. Therefore you cannot judge that level, level-headedly enough.

I learned a somewhat similar lesson myself, only recently.

In that, if it acts like a damned bounder and it talks like a damned bounder, it's probably a damned bounder.