Found this on eBay too. *It indicates they are probably trying to at the very least dupe you into a down payment at the end of the auction:
http://reviews.ebay.com/Boat-Scam-Be...00000001471800
I once had a boat for sale for $1500 with no reserve but had a buy it now on it. *Don't you know that a scammer *with negative 3 feedback hit the buy it now button and I lost my listing and final value fee of like $80!! *I did get some back through eBay but you can't be too careful on eBay. *I am leary of using buy it now on big items and I will cancel a zero feedback or suspicious bidder's bid in a heartbeat! *I have recently! I had to cancel a guy's bid on my Jeep Cherokee I sold. He didn't even complain about it so I feel sure he was not legit.