I missed out on a fantastic deal on a 26er this past weekend and I quoted your signature to my wife, she chuckled of course. Well lo and behold I may just be getting a 26er very soon, so like your sig says I might stop buying kettles... so often. Just as well, but I recently took a liking to WSMs so I might switch over to WSM collecting
My first heartbreaker was a 30$ older 26" I missed by 5 minutes at an estate sale. We call it the "weber incident" at my house.
In July I bought an AA 18.5 WSM a B code kettle and a 1975 kettle at 3 separate places for a grand total of 75$. So I can't complain too much.
I love the WSM I've used it almost every weekend since.
I Still check FB marketplace and craigslist like a fiend for my holy grail.
Good luck!