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warshawlawMore on the perplexing part of this story: The name on the guy from Florida does not match the name on the email I got from the seller requesting payment be sent to Ohio. I was emailed asking me to send a money order to "Grant Galik" in Ohio. The caller left me a voice mail claiming to be "Alex Dean". When he spoke with me, he claimed to be from Florida. He left a phone number with a 941 area code. Now, there is a third name to add to the lot.
The request that I send payment to another person entirely REALLY makes me suspicious. Perhaps this seller is real, perhaps he is a scammer, I have no idea. Many of the indicia of eBay scammers we have seen in the past are there, though: multiple names, demands for ultrafast payment through cash equivalents, overreactions to inquiries, rapidly escalating threats, and inexplicable address divergences. Comparing what I just went through to this guy's stated ultra liberal return policy and seemingly normal listings, it just makes no sense.