You don't have to bid more than your willing to pay. The feedback thing
is a crock. I have purchased and sold lots of stuff on Ebay with only a
couple of bad experiences that didn't end with me getting ripped. True
you do have to know what you are buying. But before I plunked down a
measely 18k I would have flown out and looked at the piece of equipment
before I bid on it. I thingk the real flaw with ebay is that I beleive
a lot of the stuff is stolen merchandise.

Charlie