BUT, if I email you and ask "What's your reserve" and you tell me, I would
probably bump my bid to $200 just to guarantee that if I am the high
bidder that I will actually get it. Why wouldn't you tell me your
reserve? It's kind of self-defeating to keep it a secret.

Exactly why I won't bid at all if someone won't tell me a reserve... F 'em
if they wanna do mind games.

Rich