JP,
If it helps you feel any better I have a story from which to learn......seriously!! And regardless of who ate the losses (or in this case *most* of the losses, I still can't believe this stuff goes on)..........
Approx 6 months ago, I bought a digital camera from a guy on ebay who had over 100 positive feedbacks ***AND*** 100% positive at that! Now, I end up waiting a couple weeks & start worrying......well, the guy finally returns one of my e-mails saying he's in the hospital, had a heart attack but is back home & will ship my stuff USPS Priority. 2 days later, the camera shows. All's well, exactly as described, etc. etc.
Sooooooooo........about 2 weeks later, (he's been an ebay member for over a year), I see him put up the same $200 camera for $150 and shows that he has 20 to sell. Well, I figure he doesn't know how much longer he's gonna live so he puts 'em up to get rid of all his inventory so I buy a handful of 'em. Then, he does the same thing with some Playstation2's. Same deal, plenty of positive feedback on the sale of the PS2's so I buy a few of those. Already have about a half-dozen sold to friends & their friends, etc. Used Paypal for the majority of the couple purchases except for about $300 worth which was money sitting in my PP account. (WRONG idea!! Do NOT buy w/ cash in your PP account unless it's like Newegg or somethin').
Long story short..........no product, no contact, no joy!! Paypal couldn't get my money back so I ultimately had to do a dispute of funds with Visa who *did* get me the $1,500 of my $$$ back but my total purchase $$$'s were for about $1,800 so needless to say about $300 of my money went bye-bye!! Anyway......haven't made any mistakes like that since & all's been well. Hope my pain helps!!
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