I have to agree that eBay has gone down hill in the past few years. I have had my share of scammers, time wasters, vanishing winner bidders, misleading ads, you name it. I've had just about everything happen in my 87 transactions. My last real bad one was the biggest, and has caused me to stop selling on there.
I sold a 1973 Volkswagen Type 181 known as the Thing here in the states. I found this relic in storage, performed the bare minimum to get it running. Fresh gas, tune up, bleed the brakes. Took a video of it showing everything working, running and driving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KDRO3E2iW4 Posted a link to it from the ad on eBay. Made it very clear that it has never been restored, and would need it. Had over 20 pictures of it showing rust holes close ups, dents, ext.
My winning bidder who got it for about a grand less then it was worth, picks it up with cash. Happy as a 6 year old with his first big wheel. Drives it home. I call him two weeks later to remind him about my feedback his still hasn't left. Still happy with it, but no feedback. 29 days later I get a threatening eMail stating he wants $1000.00 back, the cost of new brakes from MIDAS! :shock: The moron goes to Midas for a brake job on a 35 year old Volkswagen. (sorry Midas people) Or the bad feedback will come.
Well I took the bad, and haven't sold anything else since. Now with the new changes, I know I'm done with it.