Food for thought ....
Person A finds something he wants. He offers same on Ebay. Person B, a friend of Person B buys item for ridiculous price, pays Person A, and Person A returns same to Person B (with only proper transactions documented).
Person A sits back, waits for like items to appear on Ebay since the Ebay
purveyors have 'found out' how much they can reap in for their same items. Person A or Person B, usually under different ID, buys same or similiar item for peanuts, and thus gets the 'bargain' he originally wanted
to begin with. Again, with everything looking legit.
You are familiar with the 'Shell game', aren't you?
I know a person that buys jewelry on Ebay for $6-8, and resells it on
another ID for $200-300 an item. American ingenuity at work!!!