>  The CBC (Cdn. Broadcasting  Corp) aired an article about this
> poor man who bought a car through e-Bay but ended up with no car and
> was out $20,000.xx, AND he got less than no support from e-Bay
> concerning his loss

It's naive to think you can get a 2006 BMW for $17,000 + shipping.
Or is it greed.
What's ebay supposed to do for him anyway?  He wired the money
directly,  outside of ebay.

I guess people still fall for nigerian scams also.