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Posted By: 1880nonsports

I'm pretty sure I only sold stuff in the beginning. Had I known ebay would become such a tour de force I certainly would have taken note of my first purchase. The early days were quite interesting - a roller coaster ride on a fledgeling site. I think that most of today's sometimes convoluted rules and proceedures that appear to encumber buyer and seller - evolved out of neccessity to protect the integrity of the process - trust/safety being fundamental to the site's success. It's hard applying a utopian concept of love, honor, and trust to a cyberspace based vehicle subject to the self-serving minipulations of a small but nefarious portion of our society. I think eBay works albeit not without some problems. I'm here for the duration of my collecting life. Off to hear some comedy tonight......