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Originally Posted by Rick

In my view it is unethical to try to purchase an item listed for auction on ebay privately .
I believe eBay frowns upon it also .

By doing this you subvert the entire process .

Rick, I understand the unethical part alright, but sad to say, I ain't the only one doing it. Since your concern about ethics, let me give you a hypothetical scenario that most of us sword collectors are incountering.

A listed sword caught your attention, duration time, 10 days. You wanted the sword badly but your budget is way short! you then tried to sell one of your unwanted say, dagger? to come up for the difference. You knew that the dagger won't sell much, but from no where, some one emailed you and offered you good amount of money, way enought to seal the difference of your wanting sword, you're given a deadline to respond back though, say 5 hours or the deal is off. On the other hand, one of our forum brothers put a $5.00 bid on your stuff, would you then pass this good opportunity because your good brother is on the way?

My point of view here is, respect for our forum brothers has it's boundaries.
Each of us has its own measurements of desire on such things, a few may give way due to their personal reasons? others may not! both I think is acceptable, but that's just me. . .

No my friend, I'm not Charles!