I'm compelled to comment on the eBay topic. First, I have to say that while it isn't bits and bytes, it is relevant to the group. A lot of collectors of classic gear actually get that gear from eBay. Every one of my 20 or so classic systems came from eBay... Anyway, I recently bought an item and received this in a form e-mail 3)Am I going to receive a feedback from you since I paid immediately. Due to overwhelming feedback request(we are all feedback junkies), I set my system to Automatically leave POSITIVE feedback to buyer when the following TWO conditions are met: i) item is paid. AND ii) Buyer left me a positive feedback. Of course, I was steamed about this. It's just not in the spirit of how eBay is supposed to work. I actually went to eBay to try to find a policy about this, stumbled into the discussion forums and quickly realized that eBay, like Chuck said, has all the integrity of "open-air bazaar in Marrakesh". Tony's suggestion of keeping feedback private until both parties submit feedback seems like a workable idea. On the buying side, I also have a good suggestion - so much of the buying on eBay these days is facilitated through PayPal (50 % or better?). As a result, eBay knows when a seller has been paid. So why not give automatic positive feedback. I mean, what really would a seller have to say after the buyer pays? It's amazing that in their recent revamp of the feedback system, what they delivered is the best they could do. -Matt