My problems run far deeper than 'placating' AP's requirements...I couldn't get Mrs GS93108's permission! Her response left me in no doubt!
Fortunately I'm already committed to the golf course at that time, which of course is the reason that a matrimonial tantrum didn't occur.
p.s.
I really did mention it to my wife, but before I could get the full words out she cut me off, not for one second giving me the benefit of the doubt that I wasn't really truly asking if I could bid on a watch that I knew nothing about, and that I was just updating her as to the AP release. The fact is that she knows that all things AP reduce my IQ and my ability to make any rational decisions. Thank heaven I'm married and NEED her permission to do things.
p.p.s.
Just for clarification, I have been stupid in the past, but now I've grown out of it, and my bank account has shrivelled commensurately, so a $350k AP is beyond my universe.