Doug Yowza wrote: Tell you what Doug, let me know all the email addresses you use, and if I see one where you are bidding, I won't mention it. I did that with several other auctions where I saw your email address but nerd(a)youza.com is not one I have seen you use. Fair enough? If I see an auction where a listmember email address shows up, I don't mention it here; I DO check the bidders list before putting it here (at least usually.)

Doug Yowza wrote: Doug, another thing just crossed my mind. Anyone who looks at the bid items will see your name (assuming you are bidding on it :) ), and it would seem like a good thing on your part to bid late, as that wouldn't give those that want to see what you are up to any advance notice on what might be interesting. While checking out ebay, I did notice what appeared to be a great item (don't recall the name but it was a plastic computer) that was auctioned in a catagory that made no sense. If I had been following you and others, I would have found it before the auction ended and decided what to do then. BTW, if I see someone I recognize bidding on an item, I generally don't bid unless it is something I REALLY want.

I can see Doug's point, but I would also have to agree that it's great just to be able to look at the pictures of some of the stuff. I'll admit that I've seen things I placed bids on that I otherwise would have missed because I don't patrol eBay religiously, and tend to feel that many of those who take the time to do so are probably speculators rather than casual collectors. I will say, though, that there have been several items I would have bid on, but refrained from doing so because someone on this list was the current high bidder. If they put in a bid and then allowed themselves to be outbid by two or three people, I figure they're probably not all that interested and were just hoping to get something "for cheap", and I might put in a bid. If I see them getting back in the race towards the end of the auction, I'll usually stop bidding. I for one hope you will continue pointing out interesting items to this list, wherever you see them. I hope Doug understands where I'm coming from; I consider him a friend, and have given him several tips when I see things on eBay he's interested in, and he's done the same for me. On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:35:46 -0800, Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org> wrote: -Bill Richman (bill_r(a)inetnebr.com) http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r - Home of the COSMAC Elf Microcomputer Simulator, Fun with Molten Metal, Orphaned Robots, and Technological Oddities.