He is absolutely making money off of the shipping.

I live 20 miles away from him, and he refused to let me drive over and pick it up. That's a clear red flag that there's some shady shipping charges going on.

I also suspect some shill bidding is going on with his auctions (where they have alternate accounts to bid on their own stuff to drive up the price). Some of his auctions have one bidder that has bid on several of his auctions (once per auction), and they never actually win the auction. It's kind of hard to prove because eBay's privacy policies, but I have a pretty strong suspicion.

Given these things, you're still getting a good deal on his auctions... so I guess it's ok? Oh well....


Anyways, my new Neptune ARF shipped today... I hope UPS is able to get it 20 miles to my house by tomorrow!! Can't wait to get it assembled. Oh and thanks for the tips, Cowboy!