About the eBay thing, i trust eBay people a good bit. The most fraudulent thing to watch for is when people try'n sell you an item cheap, but charge like $40 extra for shipping to try'n give them a few extra bucks, but the good thing is that with eBay, (and paypal) if you get something that isn't what it was supposed to be, then you can file a complaint w/ eBay, and they can get your money refunded, and they'll charge the fraud. eBay has an advantage witht the whole legally-binding contract thing they've got going.