So, send the seller an eBay message saying you're interested in some of the items, and you're in contact with other collectors who are interested in other items, but: you don't want to buy the entire lot; and suggest to the seller that they will i) sell it faster, and ii) get more money in total, if they split the lot up, and are willing to ship things. (Assuming, of course, that it doesn't sell as-is.) (Speaking of getting more money, did you all see the PDP-11/34 system that included a couple of RL01's and some RM03's? It only drew a single bid, and went for $2K. I was vaguely interested in the RM03's, but didn't want to deal with the RL01's, so I didn't bid. Wonder how many others made similar calculations? And I wonder if they buyer will actually use all of it, or put part of it - perhaps the RL01's or the RM03's - in a corner to gather dust? Wuz gonna send them a message of the sort I suggested above, but it sold.) Noel