eBay scam..maybe??...

[Relic]

Have any of you ever run into a situation as a buyer where everything about a transaction seems legit taken on it's own, but for some reason your "spidey senses" are tingling and despite logic telling you otherwise, you pretty much know that something's going to "mysteriously" go wrong?
Yep I'm going through one of those at the moment.

Bought a bass, seller was vague on shipping details, only that I should get it in a couple days as he's only a state or two over from where I'm at, aaand it's insured for a bit MORE than I paid for it. Huh? My first thought was "watch, this bass will never arrive"..
Now, a couple weeks later, and as predicted, no bass in my hands, the seller says: "don't worry, I'll refund your payment to the penny and collect the insurance pay out if it's proven to be lost or damaged." Hmmmm....

For the life of me, I can't imagine how something like that can be pulled off, but hey, scammers and fraud-mongers are creative as heck these days. I still think deep down that it's legit, but...I wont actually be satisfied of that until I see the bass on my doorstep..

How about you guys? Any interesting eBay stories?

[bongomania]

I've been using Ebay heavily since '98, so I have developed a Spidey sense too.

I just recently bought a bass on the bay where the pics were nicely detailed, the description matched the pics exactly, and the seller had a high number of fdbk, 100% positive. Even with all that though, a voice in the back of my head said "something will be wrong with the bass, he's going to screw me somehow."

Yep. The bass has issues needing $130 in work. Fortunately the low-ish price I paid for it in the auction meant that even with the extra repair cost I feel fine about the "total price" of the bass. But it galls me that even the supposedly good sellers are dicking people over now. Maybe my "Spidey sense" was really just "common sense" telling me that normal people will do anything for a buck in this economy.