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Matt"ebay has always been a "at buyers risk site" so nothing will change that"
Bill - What you've just raised is a much larger issue and not the point Josh and I were debating regarding the use of the word "scammer" to describe this guy (BTW Josh, would "probable scammer" make you happy? 
). Perhaps one of the lawyers here can correct me, but I believe your statement is incorrect. If a seller sells something to a buyer and misrepresents the item, the seller is responsible. We don't say the buyer should have figured it to be fake even if the seller said it was real due to "at buyer's risk." Buyer's risk is only beyond the representation of the seller.