They are not like a big store in one very important way: liability. In the antiquephonograph area it is easy for us to see fraud, in the eyes of eBay as long as their incomeis not affected they do not care. Your idea is wonderful, there is only one problem, youcare and eBay doesn't, that is why they do not have such a program.SteveRegarding eBay scams. Ebay is like a big store. If they don't want to invest time and money for their customers safety why should you or I spend our time to police their site? To protect a stranger from a scam? Ebay has spent billions buying this are that, raising rates to sellers and we wonder how to help them when they don't seem to be very interested!!!! If more and more scam artist used this relatively un-policed site prices should drop. Remember what eBay's cheer is, Caveat Emptor. I think a $$ reward for reporting scams that can be substantiated would do the trick. Just for fun,oldcranky