$5100 for $51
May I thank all those who have offered advice.
Some of it will no doubt prove helpful.One human problem affecting the matter is that we tend to see what we are expecting to see.If from a starting point of $1.00 I think I am putting in $51.00 , and $5100 comes up that may be what I see, particularly if my screen is as fuzzy as it sometimes can be.One can't then change the faulty entry, as the problem is not known to the operative . I have to admit, in my idiocy , that I once put a bid of what I thaught had been confirmed as £1100 which came up as £10100.Luckily I did notice that .I am still wondering whose fault that was. Mine as usual , I suppose .Fortunately your contributors are much brighter and more careful than I am . One has to be pretty silly to keep buing antique flutes on Ebay !I still wonder how many people there are out there who have had such surprises .