Is your viewsonic one of the monitors that just came off lease...been looked at by technicians...certified with a one year warranty?  Was your guy "countrydrummer1"?  Just checked out his site on eBay and it looks pretty good.  If I could only be sure that it was on the up and up I might go for something like that.  Let me know about your experience.

Oh...one more   question.  Is the monitor a flat screen one?  I would like to go flat screen this time.  Man...I would love to have a 21 incher...used to have one at the office until the power supply went out.  Just never thought I could afford any more than a 19 incher.