Yeah, aluminium wheels will definitely be my next investment. But I really wonder how people actually RODE back then (before aluminium was cheap and readily available-- In the 70s-80s, people rode WAY more than now, and I don't hear horror stories from my parents' generation of people dying left and right back then from bad braking...

And as for Ebay, all room for discussion ended when I tried registering (again) 5 years ago, after I gave my bank account details and some 3 months of statements and a copy of my passport, and THEN Ebay also wanted several statements from my credit card: I'm sorry, that's far too much. It doesn't matter if there is an actual risk of them stealing my identity or not-- no entity (human or otherwise) will get that much sensitive information from me. Why does Amazon, in contrast to Ebay, only need my credit card details?-- I can sell stuff on there too.

Oh, and I've heard horror stories about their "conflict resolution" methods these days (or rather lack thereof). Sounds like a great community to be a part of. Too bad it was so nice back in the stone age of the Internet-- but I suppose their shares weren't worth as much then than now...