Archie wrote: "I would still like to know the identity of "chezparee"."

Anyone who is registered with ebay can find out Archie. You just have to let the other person know who you are. The info I got from ebay including mine is:

Contact information for chezparee:

E-mail: chezparee@att.net

User ID: chezparee

Name: Oksana Soze

Company:

City: New York

State: NY

Country: United States

Phone: (212) 805 - 5001

Time/Date: Aug-13-00 13:23:42 PDT

Contact Information for: aintr1te

E-mail: aintr1te@aol.com

User ID: aintr1te

Name: Brian Freiermuth

Company:

City: Atco

State: NJ

Country: United States

Phone: (856) 495-7074

Time/Date: Nov-22-99 18:21:35 PST

This is what I received from ebay on the 17th:

Dear aintr1te,

All information is current as of Nov-17-00 04:17:08 PST
Please visit eBay for the latest information.
You have the following auctions underway:
494390725: Trump Taj Mahal $25 Pavarotti LE
Current bid: $51.00
Auction ends on: Nov-19-00 16:08:33 PST
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=494390725

I guess that the bidder that retracted didn't realize they didn't really want to bid on this until they upped the bid with a half hour to go and then retracted it with ten minutes to go. Why else would the bid revert to $36.00?

Who was the high bidder on the seventeenth at $51.00?

BriaN