nice to hear from people who have been in similar 
situations. it sounds like most of you handle it 
in a relatively collected manner. I will try to 
continue to do the same. 

for those of you who claim going through ebay is 
protection, it's really not in my opinion. two of 
the people who burned me were ebayers, and one 
dragged on the false promises until three months 
had passed. I swear I'm not a sucker - she had 
some *good* excuses. ^^; by this time it was too 
late to leave feedback, plus the bidder lost her 
ebay priveleges. another reason ebay doesn't 
protect me is that if I leave negative feedback 
to someone who is irresponsible to boot, chances 
are they will retaliate with negative feedback on 
me.

btw, I just had my fears laid to rest on my 
fourth buyer. ^___^ thank goodness!

/Mina