On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:29:44 -0400, alexy wrote in
:

This looks like one of the bogus auctions to which the OP was
referring:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GARMIN-GPS-396-A...QQcmdZViewItem

The "red flag" on this one for me would be "payment methods: Other"

If they don't accept paypal, you have to ask yourself why. And there
are not many "good" answers.

The reason for not accepting PayPal would be the possibility of a
charge-back, that I've heard costs the merchant $30. If walk-in
merchants accept Visa/MC, and accept the charge-back possibility, I am
unable to guess why an eBay seller should be any different.