In a message dated 4/13/00 9:37:30 AM, drew@INTERPORT.NET writes:

<< >At 03:21 AM 4/13/00 -0000, Warren Chapman wrote:
> >>>>
>Today I made a couple of bids for Vanagon/Syncro tech manuals on ebay
>and (not suprised) I see I am bidding against other members of this
>list (Coyote, Brent Christenson, and(??)others)
>
>These manuals are valuable to us all and this process just drives the
>price up for the winning bidder and the manual is lost to the rest of
>us ......a "Win (at higher cost)/ Lose" situation.
>
>I'd like to propose a "Win (at lower cost)/ Win situation".
>
>When one of these manuals (or parts microfiches) comes available,
>could we agree on a designated bidder who will bid (and hopefully
>win) and obtain the item and then make a copy available to others.
>This may not step on copyright laws if the item is an out of print
>factory issue item.  (Opinions on this??)
> >>

Warren,
If you miss the implication of what you suggest, perhaps you should check the
definitions of coconspirator and wire fraud.
Rich