I do some buying and selling on Ebay, and always get a cashiers check or money order before I ship anything. Take the check to your bank and have them check it out if your worried. I had a guy in Indonesia offer much more than I wanted for a bike I sold this spring. He wanted to send me his credit card number and bill it. Never take a credit card number! I figured it was a stolen card, and I have no way to bill credit cards anyway. Everything I've ever looked at on Ebay requires cashiers check, money order, or PayPal borfore any thing is shipped.