Man why does ebay seem to be getting worse for these types of things. It seems to becoming a scam artists dream. I'm sure most of us work hard for the toys we have, and spending a few extra $$ to pick up a cylinder as perhaps a replacement for an already toasted cylinder, or what ever the case, is not easy to do when you have a family, a mortgage etc etc. It just pissess me off. I know the cylinder you were talking about because I was watching it also. I'm sorry for your luck but I'm glad I diden't take the chance. In my opinion there is no way for ebay to control this because on one side you could have a dirty seller, or a dirty buyer, so who the hell do you beleive right.
I think there is some lawsuit on the go now with ebay because some guy was using it to sell some fake brand name stuff, but the company whos products he was imitating got wind of this, thinks it is very serious and is taking ebay to court...............correct me if I'm wrong.