concise, lucid and courteous.  excellent answerer

us gov't is probably the best source, and its answers make the most sense to me.

Fantastic! Thank you.

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My question was answered promptly and the iformation was just what i needed.

This was so unbelievably helpful. You were awesome!

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Most of researcher's info was grand, but one web site not
available...I wrote back for clarification.  I'm really impressed,
though.  I'll use the system again.

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Great answer! Your links are perfect - and you are yet another
researcher to hit one of my 'personal favorites' in your answer. My
"Stand By Me" VHS tape needs to be replaced with the DVD ;-)  Thank
you very much - great stuff!

Excellent!  Thank you so much.  Although I feel my command of English
is very good, it is still difficult to come up with something that
sounds nice.  I believe that you have worded everything so that the
whole awkward incident is shown in the best light.

The rest is up to me, but I thank you so much for your help.  I hope
you feel adequately compensated for your kind work.

A very nice color indeed.

thank you thank you

thanks alot

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Thank you for your help!

Needed extracts from original sources for easy reviewing but otherwise great!

great job, and very thorough -- i'm adding a dollar tip!

Thorough response with plenty of reference links.

Thank you for your help!

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Quick response time was much appreciated.

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So what happened you ask?

Casio GL130TC-7 Triple Crown of Surfing Hawaii pearl white watch FINDERS FEE $$$

I originally bought this exact watch sometime in 2000, and on July 4,
2004 I was out surfing in Del Mar, CA. and some how I lost it while
surfing. I am not a person that puts value in monetary items so I was
absolutely sure that I would never locate this watch again because it
was a limited edition watch and is no longer being made.

When journalist-ga had replied to my posting claiming to locate the watch on Ebay, 

“I have located the watch you seek on auction at Ebay UK!  The auction
has 5 days, 22 hours to go and is located at
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31387&item=4909584797&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW”,

I was not happy!

 I am an avid Ebay user and I even searched on Ebay the same day that
I lost my watch, but I think the auction was posted just shortly after
my searching. I was quite surprised to see that somebody else had
located the actual item I wanted on Ebay, after I had previously
searched all the Casio Watch Auctions. I was then skeptical about the
whole Ebay coincidence but I decided to try and see what I could do to
obtain the item. So I contacted the Ebay seller and told him my story.
The seller then said that if I paid him $100 (included shipping)
through paypal, he would end the auction early, so I did, again I was
still skeptical…

Well I received the watch in the mail today (July 10, 2004) and I was
amazed to find it was “Brand New”! I am so gratefully pleased to have
this watch again. It is sort of like the only monetary item I really
love, except for my surfboards or my Jeep, well ok its just one of the
monetary items I love…

I promised to give anybody a $50.00 finder’s fee that could locate
this watch for me and I am much honored to hold up my promise, so
thank you for your research and I hope you enjoy your $50 tip.

OH and by the way, I also promised the Ebay seller that if I received
the watch, and it was the exact item I was looking for, and it was in
MINT working condition, I would also give him a $50 bonus. SO guess
who else got a $50 tip?

Thanks GOOGLE ANSWERS… 
I was a first time user, now a lifetime user…

P.S.

If anybody else locates this exact watch in the future, please email
me @ surfing_california_coastline@cox.net as I think it might be a
good idea to have a backup. Just in case…

Charles A. Jarzynka

Wonderfully researched!  My compliments.

Thank you. Your answer to my query was *exactly* what I was looking
for. A summary of pricing might have been a good thing to throw in,
but since I didn't ask for it in my query, I don't hold it against
journalist-ga for not providing that information.

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You are welcome!

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Many thanks, Journalist, for that very full answer. I find it very
surprising that in the US tips can be counted towards the legal
minimum wage, and they can get away with paying serving staff as
little as $2.13 per hour; but this certainly explains why staff should
be so anxious about the level of tips - though I'm not sure that it
justifies the degree of sheer venom contained in the "bitterwaitress"
website referred to by Voila. Moreover, on a strictly logical basis,
if tipping is intended to supplement basic wages, then surely it
should relate to time spent in the eating place rather than the cost
of the meal - why should a waiter get a bigger tip for carrying an
expensive steak from the kitchen to the table, than for carrying a
plate of pasta? As implied in Eiffel's comment, this seems to be
something of a vicious circle - so long as customers make up the
shortfall with tips, employers will continue to pay lousy wages to
serving staff.

Love to see your postings.... & Your answers are always helpful. Thanks+

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Wow!  Not only do I get an answer.  I get the research method too. 
Thank you very much.  The best I could think to try was "bolero" and
"sleeves only".  Thanks again!

This is certainly better than I could patiently sit down and come up
with.  thank you.  I will begin with these leads.

Thanks for your great help on this one.

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