Speaking of eBay.. I finally "used it" for the first time ever, last night. (no, I'm not recently arrived from Jupiter, but rather not resident in the USA where eBay and so many other USA-centric sites are much more accessible).

Saw a nice 1600x1200 laptop for a decent price, with the seller living within 20 minutes of our place, and managed to snipe a bid in the closing 5 seconds to nab it! Quite the exciting time, all in all -- I can easily see how people would become addicted to it rather quickly!

Cheers