Yes, it was a scam. This is what the winner said: "The auction has been judged null and void, but I am an active ebayer as you can see by the numbers behind my username and my account is suspended , records inaccessible, and all activity suspended without starting over with all new username,and, password plus time lost in searching and placing items in the watching list. Also you cannot talk to these people just bash keys like the old telegraph system (Dark ages) thru a jammed up chat system. All over something I had nothing to to do wirh and was totally out of my control. Not happy"