I am surprised to hear these things. I have bought a lot of items on ebay and have sold two expensive items including a high-end Litespeed dual suspension mtb. I did not get my money on either item until the buyer was satisfied and it took about 3 weeks. For sellers without an established track record, they hold they seller's money for as long as 30 days on big ticket items. They are also quite strict about the description of the item being sold. They have lots of procedures in place to stop this sort of thing from happening. I have gotten a couple of duds on stuff I bought, nothing major. When I did get a dud, I re-read the description and the flaws were mentioned, I just didn't pay attention or they were subtly mentioned. The adage of "Buyer Beware" is always true. If you think you got a $200 light for $21, maybe something was wrong. True, you were not bidding on a Teddy bear and I'm sure ebay will refund your money. Ebay seems serious a protecting the integrity of their system.