Read eBay's terms and conditions (which, by the way, you agreed to with every account you signed up for).
If you break the terms and conditions (which selling intangible items is), then you lose their buyer protection. Once you've broken the terms, you aren't allowed to create a second account to circumvent the suspension - doing so it another breach of the terms and conditions. Therefore, legally, the guy could have shipped you a brick, and eBay would have no legal responsibility.
Not that I believe a word of this thread.
If you break the terms and conditions (which selling intangible items is), then you lose their buyer protection. Once you've broken the terms, you aren't allowed to create a second account to circumvent the suspension - doing so it another breach of the terms and conditions. Therefore, legally, the guy could have shipped you a brick, and eBay would have no legal responsibility.
Not that I believe a word of this thread.