fredk,
I too, was VERY careful....the guy had been on Ebay quite a while, had 123 transactions, 99 percent positive feedback, paid quickly with Paypal, had a confirmed by Paypal address, left positive feedback for me....there was no way I could have done anything different. Once again, the most disturbing part is: myself, and all the other sellers involved were not protected by Paypal.
It must be a bigger problem than I thought...I stumbled across a web site:
http://www.paypalsucks.comThere are some REALLY upset people there!