Marcus,isnt it amazing how no matter how hard you try to be straight up some people take the other side and try to rationalize these crimes. Thats why ebay is down and nobody trust doing business there anymore.Let all those dirt bags try and steal all they want,me and my buddies with all our ways of bidding will make sure all they get is the bill from ebay! I bid 12000 on that tascarella before ebay killed it.They just sent me a email telling me the guys a scam. All those new to ebay should be VERY careful who they send there money to.If a guy has no history of selling high end cues than you should always use escrow and if there not willing to do that then if a bell dont go off in your head,OH WELL! Ebay use to be fun,but now,its a jungle out there.