I have seen item on the bay that have interseted me but I have always held off from pursuing them. I personally dont like the PAYPAL thing.

I saw a report in which a lady bought a designer dress but didn't use the Ebay transaction model of PAYPAL. Needless to say she got nothing, lost 4k usd and EBAY washed their hands because she went around their system.

I have to ask did you send the monies directly and if you would have used PAYPAL would you have been protected by Ebay? That is my question if anyone knows.