Charles,

Happy Thanksgiving, too.............I agree that it is better in the long run to deal with low-rated people on eBay. Why give up many sales just to avoid one unpleasant incident?........................My second point in my post wasn't so much about profit-and-loss strategy. It was my feeling that a lot of these sellers have inconspicuous and disappointing private lives, and seem to compensate on eBay with a lord-of-the-mannor attitude, what with setting down all their rules and complaints. I guess we all do this to some extent -- having an auction on eBay is like being published. But some go overboard.

Robert