I appreciate all of the pointers right off the bat. Thank you.

After doing some research just within' the last hour or so I found one bike that really stands out to me, but I will not get my hopes up about getting that exact one right away. That bike just happens to be a 1984 Trek any where from a 500 - 600. That bike just stood out to me a lot.

Yes, I will heed the warnings and not buy anything off of eBay just because of the high shipping costs.