Originally Posted by KowShak 
I bought something off an eBay seller with an eBay shop, a legitimate seller with a real shop. The thing I bought developed a fault after a few months, the seller shirked his responsibilities then closed his eBay account, that was a "Power Seller" with a 3500 positive feedback rating....
Ouch, that sucks... BIG TME... sorry to hear that mate. I've had a couple of (in respect to your problems) it seems lucky experiences then in having to return faulty goods... I supposed the problem with ebay is its relatively easy for someone to close an existing accoutn and setup as a new seller and if you're trading volumes of goods, 3500+ responses isn't hard to get in that much of a short period of time...
I did have one bad ebay experience fairly recently, a really cheeky trader who, when I ordered 3x PSP 2gb fast sony mem sticks, tripled my postage so I was paying about £18 postage for a CD sized packed 1st class from the midlands... needless to say I reported her to ebay and she was kind enough to cancel my order after she initially threatened me with filing a claim with ebay for non-payment... silly girl..