ebay advise a deal or hood-winked

Jon: I have personally done no less than six transactions to Germany, Norway, Sweden and England - Cash via registered mail and I can tell you that I have had no problems whatsoever. Everyone I have dealt with has been completely up front and honest. The most I have sent was $225.00 and the least was $75.00 and in any future deals I have on ebay with foreign sellers I would not hesitate to send cash again. I usually check to see if they have any negative feedback and if not I am cautious enough to deal with sellers with no less than a couple dozen positive responses before I get involved. I hope this helps. PS - I do make it a point only to deal with sellers in western style countries, former Soviet Union or communist countries (present or past) I do stay away from - for personal reasons only.