Cow,
When you bought the bike did you ever go to check it out before you bid on it ???
I recently bought a little fishing boat off Ebay, I was looking for a while and there were plenty of buyers I contacted to go and take a look at the boat they were selling before I bid on it that never responded to my requests, to me I treated those people like another scam-artist with a seat that is in need of an A@# to occupy it, and moved on.
I have seen heard of people that bought a vehicle or other big ticket item and never even went to inspect their prospective purchase.
IMO it is just plain crazy and\or stupid to put a down payment on something that you have never seen and is in unknown condition.
