Have to admit I think ebay isn't as it was, I think ebay themselves are turning a blind eye to quite a few things as they just want the site to keep selling, I've notice a huge increase in buy now, in some cases searched an item 350 results, selected auction only...3!. I have some bits on there at the min all it get is questions and silly offers, in most cases the PO does better out if it than me
I did have a situation similar to your car, but I was the buyer, I won a ko transmitter, chap then contacted me and said my winning bid was no where near what he wanted and asked me to double it or he wouldn't post, did offer to leave me good feedback tho

....generous of him
One big thing I noticed in the last year or so is how much lower item viewing numbers are, few years back I would put models on their and have 120+ hits in the 1st couple of days, now lucky to hit 40+ few other people in the trade have also notice a massive downturn on item hits
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