I hear your concerns and shared them when I bought this from across the country. It's actually why I did so via Ebay, so that I would have the buyer protection guarantee. I also used my credit card. The price is now lower, but as the seller (and originally the buyer), I know this is a great rig.I don't like the idea of buying from far away, and especially not Ebay where you can so easily be deceived. They can simply make a video of a superior rig saying it's the one for sale and send you a pos. For $31,500 I would never buy sight unseen. Or you can travel all the way over to where it is and then have someone else buy it out from under you after you have time and money invested in it. I guess what I am saying is buyer beware.