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I've purchased 3 LP's of of E-bay, all successful transactions.
Make a point to have lots of communication prior to bidding or BIN.
I try to get it to the point where I've talked to the seller on the phone.
You can find out a lot about people, through e-mail and especially conversation.
Send them with e-mails, ask pertinent questions. Get em on the phone.

I'll bet if you had talked to this guy about how we was going to ship it,
you would have known he didn't know what he was doing.