You guys need to stop assuming anything especially that they MAY have sold thousands of them. It looks to me that they MAY have sold 10 of them and 9 don't work. You have been TOOK. You need to start pressuring EBAY for a resolution to this problem. File charges IF you have to with the FBI cyber crimes division. Sounds like Ebay IS a major partner in this scam as their LACK of help to resolve this problem.
The main reason that they keep on getting away with it IS no one is willing to MAKE them responcible for the crime.
FIGHT BACK, or stop complaining about it (;-) TP