... would be marginally less interesting (and Greg's board would have substantially fewer posts!). But, I agree, Travis, that I do as I please with respect to personal contacts (both among friends and with respect to fraudulent sellers) and DARE eBay to suspend me if they don't like it. I consider them somewhat like a mini-government -- I obey without question the rules (laws) which are truly designed to benefit the community as a whole -- and I frequently choose civil disobedience with respect to rules that are obviously written to benefit the government itself to the detriment of the community (or a small portion of the community to the detriment of the majority). And, yes, before anyone asks, I decide for myself which rules fall into which category. I have yet to meet a governmental official or bureaucrat to whom I would submit the power to decide such issues for me. ----- jim o\-S