1000lbs on ebay -- what's wrong here?

tonysbricks · 2013-02-26T16:03:59.000Z

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HUGE-MASSIVE-750LB-LEGOS-38LBS-FIGURES-100S-MANUALS-MOTHER-OF-ALL-COLLECTION-/181085161471?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item2a298447ff What are people's thoughts on this? I have been watching it for awhile now and the price keeps going up. It was $12500 when I first saw the auction and he keeps rejecting offers and raising the price. Now it's up to $17000. Seems fishy. He requires payment outside of ebay. Huge red flag right? He keeps "finding more and more" and claims you may get it in the auction. Shouldn't a real auction be posted once you have assembled everything to sell so there is a concrete contract between buyer and seller? He bought and added a ninjago display to the listing for free. Why would you buy something you plan on giving away in an auction? Makes no sense. The grammar seems aimed at getting people excited rather than telling what's included. He keeps posting about how exciting and cool and fun the process is. BUT he has high feedback, and the little forensics I did seems to check out with a legit history. I haven't done much with ebay so I am curious what the experts think. This whole thing to me screams scam and I see it ending in a glorious train wreck. Is my gut right?