ford3auss, youre very right. you know whats frightening? when i started out here there were under 400 merchants. now that number has more than tripled in under two years. the average quality of products in the marketplace has dropped as well. not saying there arent good ones - in fact there are many talented new merchants. however, it seems to me that a lot of people are attracted to the marketplace by the lure of making easy money -- little do they know theres no such thing. meanwhile the massive deluge of these 'lets see if it sells' products is diluting the marketplace.