For readers here interested in the situation re: fraud at Ebay, HERE is a link ot a local SF area story from this morning's news:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...L&type=business

A final word on the auctions mentioned above: I received an email this AM (late, of course) from the listing source asking for the usual payment up front, item to be shipped from a foreign source. Uh-huh. I have turned in the registered Ebay seller for fraudulent listing activities.