Skeet,
I ended up getting four 2nd Chance offers from clowns. I am wondering how the hell they get my personal e-mail address. Of course, not one of them was actually from e-bay because I did not have a copy of them on "My E-Bay." I forwarded all of them to
spoof@ebay.com and e-bay responded that none of them were from e-bay. Plus, I sent questions to the seller and the winning bidder on e-bay and I never got responses from either of them.
What I really do not understand is why the seller never responded to any of my questions regarding the wheels. In looking at his previous transactions, it seemed like he answered buyer questions often and his feedback score was 99.8% for close to 1,000 transactions.
Personally, I think e-bay is great if you are a seller because it is rather tough to get scammed. However, if you happen to be a buyer, you have to worry about all kinds of scams.
I am surprised the jails are not full of people that commit e-bay scams. I am also surprised that these guys can figure out my personal e-mail address when I have not provided it to them, and I am really surprised that e-bay has not done something to prevent all this crap.
Last but not least, I am flabbergasted (sp.) that so many people have nothing better to do than sit in front of a computer and scam people all day long.
Anyway, I ended up using the "Buy It Now" function for two sets of rims, the total of which will cost me $240 for both sets (i.e., $160 for one and $50 for the other, plus $35 in shipping). Now, I'll buy some new hubs and spokes and build my own wheels.