OT - ebay warning

Just a bit off topic. As a long time soaring pilot I think this may be
of interest to the community.

I am looking at purchasing some high value items ( yacht radar and
instruments and a car navigation system ) I have done a bit of browsing
on ebay in Europe and the US and there apears to be a flood of high
value goods on offer from Chinese vendors at very good prices. A bit of
investigation however uncovers a web of false references and other
problems. Another clue is that the vendors only accept Western Union or
bank draft payment.

Be warned that these are scams. Ebay seems almost incapable of keeping
up with the amount of bogus trading/trolling going on at the moment, I
have exchanged emails with them and they have admitted that they are
trying to keep up.

Remember that if it looks too good to be true, it probably is!

Ian