Had to comment here.

The sucker coefficient on eBay is astounding. I found that people often pay
retail or higher (!) for used or opened hardware (from computer stuff through
test equipment, video and auto/stereo hardware on to vanagon related items).
They pay amusing shipping and handling charges (amusing if you are not the
one paying) compared to what a legitimate business charges. They often must
prepay by money order, so there is no fraud recourse. Finally, I found many
businesses placing auction items with an ad for their web page. If you follow
the link you will find the item for sale on their page for less than the
auction reserve amount.

This appears to be a great scam zone, or a very profitable point for a low
volume small business. So Ken, I would suggest it could be an easy source of
cash from the ignorant.

I should also say that I have found a few things such as Vanagon Camper model
kits for which I only paid a factor of 2 over the original retail.
Unavailable otherwise.

Frank Grunthaner