This so sounds like the ordeal I went through a couple years ago about a shock I bought. It was a super high end Elka, retail for probably more then a grand. I was high bidder for $300 and no reserve I had emailed back and fourth wit hthe seller a couple times before asking questions before I sniped at the end. I won, sent money instantly. A few days later I get an email saying someone had hacked their account and they had never listed the item and they refunded my money. They had purchased Raptor T-shirts, wheels, and misc stuff months before. The IP addresses were the same as from the first emails to when they said they had been hacked. I filed a "Non selling seller" thinga muh bob against them and then ebay got involved and said their account had been comprmised even though I had tons of proof it wasnt. The guy just got a raw deal and didn't get out of the shock what he wanted. I emailed all the info to ebay and they never did a damn thing. Heres the thread: http://3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=33473