... and their auctions -- I received no responses from bjones when I emailed him about the $5000 auction.

It does sound as though onlinedeals overreacted to your message, which seemed quite circumspect about his involvement (and specficially said it was not intended as a complaint against him).

I think there was some overreaction on both sides of this here on the board; I agree with those who found no cause for complaint about onlinedeals' auction (though there are some minor problems with the language). The price seems fair and the description is essentially accurate.

On the other hand, if there actually is some connection between onlinedeals and bjones, then something is definitely amiss.

Have you had a response from eBay??

-----jim o\-S (not holding my breath while waiting for eBay to do anything)