I purchased my project on ebay. There are without a doubt scams but its all part of the game. I am pretty sure I was scammed. The 3rd bidder stopped at $1,600, then another bidder ran me up to $2,300 and won. The "other bidder," didn't want to pay to ship it to Australia. The owner re-listed it on ebay with a 24 hour time and a "buy it now," button so I felt rushed/ pressured to buy it before somebody else did. And with that short an auction I didn't have time to email him to ask questions. The owner sent me a message and said I could have it for the last bid I put in. Which in reality if the "other bidder" didn't exist, I would have won it around $1,600 and not $2,300. So I believe the owner had a friend artificially inflate the bid higher. Although I could be wrong and his story could have been legit. I still think all the original "winner" bids should have been void and I should have got offered it for the price when the 3rd bidder dropped out. Unfortunately, those kind of scams are hard to detect.
