Beware buying laptops.  Ebay does not police this catagory and did not send an email when a fraud situation came up (just a message on ebay mail).   I have been watching Macbook Pro and there seems to be a lot of questionable sellers in this catagory.  I would not buy from anyone who does not have any feedback and is new to Ebay.  Any transaction that is over $1000 and/ or seller wants a payment other than Paypal is questionable.  I would request seller info (work/ home addresses, phone numbers and cell number) if they do not respond or will not offer I would steer clear.  Personnally I am buying directly from Apple and not risk losing $2000+ to some ahole!!!