I find it somewhat distressing the number of 
anonymous forum posts lately that really would be 
much better handled with a polite email to the 
party involved.

Some time ago I missed the end of the auction for a 
very nice Kenshin cel on eBay.  I was overjoyed 
when a couple months later I saw the cel relisted, 
and prepared to bid.  But then, the auction was 
ended early!  I was crushed at having twice seen 
this cel slip through my fingers.

However, instead of posting a snide anonymous 
comment to the forum, I sent a polite email to the 
seller expressing my disappointment and wondering 
what had happened.  The seller satisfied my 
curiosity (the first high bidder had stopped 
responding to email, but suddenly had sent payment 
during the second auction).  Furthermore, it turns 
out that the seller had a second cel from the same 
sequence, which they offered to me at below the 
first auction's ending price!

Needless to say, my polite response paid off, and 
that Kenshin now sits happily in my gallery.  :-)

--Atiya

P.S.--Kudos to Misa for her response to the 
anonymous poster asking about her Heero auction.  I 
think she gave them a more informative answer than 
anyone too cowardly to sign a name deserved.