i have a major store on ebay. and dealing with newbies UP TO +20 feedback is a tough one, especially when they want to pay with other than paypal/bank chk. on the other hand i have bought items of higher value from NEW sellers AS LONG as they did not state no paypal, if they didnt have paypal i walked them through the process then paid them, everything worked out wonderful. and yes the pics of the actual items sold are mandatory ! i think ebay will have that as a requirement pretty soon. roman