It's a very good lesson, only do delas off ebay with trusted contacts unless you are prepared for the possibility of coming a cropper, like myslef and Paul.

One way or another we will regain some equilibrium, some day.

Caution always better than blind optimism!

Cheers P

R

: The latest news on this saga is that the item was listed once again
: on ebay by the same seller - easybuy2005 item number
: 330361462490. Both Rich and I were blocked so we could not bid.
: The seller has now realised £2,850 for this skipper. Not bad if
: you can get away with it. Both Rich and I will be taking matters
: further with ebay and will keep you all posted. If any member of
: the forum won the item I would be most grateful if they could
: contact me. As you can imagine it’s not easy to stomach the
: first scam but to see the item appear again adds salt to the
: wound (to put it mildly).