Hello

I don't know if that was a good deal or not, but about your comment 'long tiring hopeless search' for ewand 3, I would suggest using an owl of minerva for that type of search. That is where owls are most useful; for rare but sought-after items. If you use it and the item is not in the FM at that time, the owl does not disappear. So you waste neither the owl nor an hour (or whatever) of your time.
Then you can use the owl over and over until someone actually puts up the item, and then if it is a reasonable price, grab it before someone else does.
The only problem comes from the vendors that put up items at extreme prices and leave them there for months hoping for someone rich and impatient to come along; that can waste owls for sure.
You can get a free owl each Thursday for the next month from the event.