I too have fallen victim to Allen's scam. I paid $1650 for a Valley pool table that never shipped. I promptly made the payment in May of 2008. They were good at returning calls unitl they recevied my funds. After that all calls go ignored. I did get one return call from a fellow with an Indian accent who said my table was ready to ship and that he would call me back with the tracking number. That never happened. I am filing a complaint with the consumer affairs office of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General in reference to my case.  I trusted that an outfit listed on E-bay would at least try to do the right thing as compared to just a sinlge individual who would just cancel their account.