. The abuse is where
a third party pretends to be the seller, contacts the second etc. bidders
and requests payment be sent to a blind PO Box, then skips with the funds
never sending any goods.
BTW I just sent an inquiry to eBay to see if this is
rumor, hoax, or fact.
This, I agree, is a scam.
Problem seems to be that Ebay is just so huge. I heard so much about Ebay
here that as a joke I listed an old, empty, Zippo fuel can. It sold for
$22.22 plus shipping! My Lord, that explains the stupid prices for old
computers on Ebay. These people have no lives and a hell of a lot of money.
Now if I only could find that old can of......