Ebay buuuuuuuurn... on me. :(

[r00ster]

I know which seller you are referring to. Whenever a deal seems too good to be true, I will email the seller, asking him specifically whether the DVDs are original R1s, imports or DVD-Rs.
I did message him asking about the Final Fantasy Unlimited DVDs, he told me truthfully, they are imports.
*shrug*

Canada seller again huh? That's why 99% of the time, I will never buy from Canadian sellers on Ebay if they have really low feedbacks. Why? Coz, years ago, this freaking Canadian seller sold me couple of sets of anime dvds for almost $500. Assured me they were legitimate R1s. Bloody hell, when they came, all were dvd-rs. No way to contact her at all, fake address, fake phone number. Ebay and Paypal won't help COZ I DID RECEIVE THE FREAKING ANIME SETS! Had to file a dispute with my CC company to get my money back.

EDIT: He has a couple of Ebay seller ids. As long as it's a deal too good to be true, from Canada with low feedbacks (less than 100), just stay away.

Definitely something I'll be keeping in mind, from now on.

EDIT: I think the angle I'm going to play with Paypal and Ebay, if they won't cover me based on the fact that they're Bootlegs, is that the items I got were mis-represented in the auction images. The images clearly display the copyrighted, license holders for the anime series (ADV, Geneon, etc...), however, these are clearly imported/pirated items. Maybe they can justify it through that avenue... as I know both Paypal and Ebay have protection policies for Items not-as-described/misrepresented.

Guess we'll see. I've also rallied 5 other buyers who were swindled to file the same claims against him.