Albie wrote: >*Routinely* plunking down $16-20 for one random and totally unknown item, >from among millions of similar-appearing others, in hopes of striking >gold... that's just foolish. I imagine a lot of the people on the list do just that. I know that I do when I can (and have pretty good luck, at that, but I'm pretty promiscuous in my tastes). Admittedly, not the best route for the newbie. --Brian