walthamstow - 10:57 pm on Jun 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

I am afraid I detect a certain degree of snobbishness in some of the demeaning descriptions of eBay in this thread. It's very lucky that Sotheby's, the world's oldest fine arts auctioneer, didn't have that attitude when their own online business failed and as a result they turned to eBay to run their new site. Which incidentally, has brought more customers to Sotheby's and more expensive art to eBay.