In this modern day of pushes and shoves and the Internerd

becoming just one big annoying pop-up, it warms the cockles

of my heart to bump into a decent person in this

crazy cyber-world.

A couple of weeks ago I bid on this cd set, 1966-77

Tokustasu songs and its Companion 1978-2003 set

I love these songs and have scraps of them here and
there and would love them all in a tidy edition. I was outbid 40 cents on the second set.

When the seller replied to my

email about shipping info I checked out her site and

was vewwy impressed, Kimberly is an accomplished

photographer/artist and it felt good to buying something

from a real person as opposed to the usual ebay transactions.

Last week the cd's came. With a special gift. A copy of the cd's from

the other auction I lost!! Man, I've been buying stuff off ebay

for years and this is the first time the seller gave me what

I lost out on. For free.

I've since checked out Ms. Merlo-Lindbergs

bloggy thing and she's done something I always dream about;

spending Xmas in Tokyo. There's also a fascinating

piece about Tokyo's homeless. Great pics.

I sent her some Shiznits in return for her kindness

and the whole experience is making me re-think

what Pierre Omiydar continually harps on about

when talking about a 'community atmosphere'

on eBay. Thanks Kimberly.

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