e-bay item

I've already listed a few way ebay slants the advantage towards the seller.

I'd like to think that part of the reason the ebay noise level is pretty low here is because we've already had this discussion, and the list you recommend has already been created. Those who haven't yet mastered the art of efficiently using ebay's search engine can listen to Marvin post his arbitrary list by sending a "subscribe ccauction" message to majordomo(a)nut.net. You're saying we're on a slipery slope, so why not slide all the way down? I'd guess there are a few thousand listings on ebay that might be interesting to one or more list members on any given day. It wouldn't be too hard for me to write a little application to give you a sense of the fire hose you're asking to be turned on :-) I don't want to hide ebay. They're at www.ebay.com. They have a very nice search engine and lots of good stuff. Please don't duplicate their site here. -- Doug