When a datacenter is running slow, its because thhey failed to put a Plan B into place, or because they oversold thier bandwidth - something that has never happened at WI. We dont get slow. We have so much spare capcity it is isnt even funny.
I guess the only good thing about this incident is the fact that I do know the seller whose itesm I bid on but lost so I may be able to talk him into selling them to me outside of eBay.