We had someone scam us on eBay for a laptop YEARS ago (like, 15 years ago) before they had the full buyer protections they have now. There wasn't really any recourse, but he had used his real phone number on his account. Or, I should say, his mother's real phone number, since he lived at home. We ended up calling, and reaching her, and when we told her what had happened she lost her shit, forced him to refund the order and, I presume, ensured that never happened again.
People still get EBay scammed for laptops today. Buy laptop. You ship it. They claim it doesn't work. EBay forces a refund when they ship it back. They ship back a brick. You are out a laptop.
