OK I just sent off a message to a person who had problems with ebay. But before we dabble in that has a ferret been in space yet?? I know many rats , mice and rabbits have been out of this world already. As for the person challanging my ferrets numbers i have but one thing to say, my information came from thousands of ferret owners I have met in over 15 yrs. But if you really want numbers and studies you can do the legwork, i have real world numbers as before mentioned . Also you will have to wade thru the data that was done by serum makers who "pad" their numbers in studies so as they can say "look , everyone is vaccinating!!" So the following is my ebay question response: Greetings, Ebay is cleaning house, they have become a victim of their own success. People are abussing the system and not coming thru with what is promissed. So since a big write-up in newsweek (i think) about their lack of control they are purging any subscriber that is not active , had any negetive comments or have not visited the site in a while. So you can email them and ask them to send any proof of wrong doing. Also , someone else might have hijacked your account and used it to commit fraud. A simple keystroke program might have sent the enemy the id and password of your account. Make this clear to your ebay representitive. Good luck and by all means up-date your anti-virus and firewall keystroke programs will also give them your on-line banking info and personal information including any work you brought home from the office , that alone can cause a huge lawsuit if critical data from your employer is released. Mark [Moderator's note: That recently posted eBay warning was a"heads-up" for the many FMLers who use eBay. The note wasn't *really* from eBay -- it was just someone posing as eBay to try to steal accounts. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 4297]