Al's a great example of someone maximizing ebay. While he's letting out "secrets" I'll share a similar one to his grille story. There are lots of folks who either don't know how to spell, or don't know how a word was originally spelled. A couple years ago I bought a new set of Torq Thrust II wheels. At the end of a 7 day auction I ended up the only bidder. I got them for about a third of typical list. The seller had listed them as Tork Thrusters. Been searching that listing name since but haven't found another guy that off base. And now I've exposed myself to new competitors.

As for the swap meet thing, I've heard that stuff before too. You offer a guy a reasonable price for an item and he pipes back "well I can get XXX for it on ebay all day!". I feel like screaming "THEN WHAT THE HECK ARE YA DOIN' HERE DUMMY!!!!!". Instead I just make a mental note to go back to his booth on Sunday about mid day and see if he still has it. Then I go up and offer again. If he still pitches the same line I just remind him that he "thinks" he can get it there, but that I'm cash money, ready for him to take NOW. About half the time they drop the bluff and we both win. But the general sentiment here is true. Ebay is reducing the swap meet availability of a lot of parts because it offers what many feel is a better alternative.