Yes, I did sign up as a new member and placed the bid on an item. I have confirmation of the account setup and bid placed in my email account. I did use a different email address for the account set-up than the one I use for SR, but I clicked through the SR ebay link to set it up. The account was set up and a bid was placed on 8/10/08. Can I give you anymore information that will help track it?

Thanks so much!