Brian's flute woes

Brian has been trying to buy himself a flute on eBay, but everything seems to get in his way. He wants to replace his old silver-plated Selmer (which he also got on eBay, for $37.00) with a professional sterling silver flute. Anyway, he won an auction for a decent one and sent his payment, but the seller claimed that before he could get it shipped, the flute was run over by a car! I found that hard to believe - I think someone offered him more money for it. Then Brian found an inexpensive wooden Irish flute and won that auction - it was chewed by a dog! A third, much more expensive flute is supposed to be on its way now. I'll believe it when I see it.