@chrisaldrich

The prices on Ebay have gone up a huge amount in the last year or so.

I'm 2 out of 4 with decent and cheap typewriters from Ebay. Imperial 66 and Erika 42 just needed a clean. Hermes Ambassador has a fault I've yet to find out how to fix, and the Empire Aristocrat was in a very bad condition, dirty and drop damaged, but still fixable with my limited skills.