E-bay complaints

What is it with all you people that want to wait till the last second to bid and then you whine when don't win. Late messages aren't necessarily E-bays fault. The InterNET is a network of servers, relays, etc and messages can be delayed for many reasons. That's one of the good things about E-bay's system, you don't have to be there or even on-line when the auction nears it's end, the system will do the bidding for you. I NEVER get outbid on things that I really want. I'm sure Al and others can tell you the same thing. You lost because you wanted to play stupid games with E-bay's system! I don't understand why some of ypeople on this list are always complaining about E-bay. Where else do you think you're going to find a complete Microprofessor MPF-1 for ?16 and never leave your desk? If you want bargains you have to go hunt for them or take the occasional one, like this one, that show up on E-bay. If you don't like E-bay's high prices then get off the computer and go start looking in the surplus stores, scrap yards, flea markets, etc etc etc. There are still PLENTY of bargains to be had. I have a LOT of great computers (3x SB-180s, 2x Rubicons, 2x Altairs, 10x Intels, 13x AIM-65s, HP-9100, 4x HP-35 Red Dots, 5x HP-1000s, PDP-8, etc etc etc etc) and NONE of them came from E-bay. I got ALL of them the hard way, by LOOKING! my 2 cents worth, Joe