&gt; Has nobody even bothered to do a whois lookup on shop.com?<p>Trying to bite my tongue here, but ... did you?  Not saying this would tell you whether the domain was actually for sale or not, but it might offer some clues and&#x2F;or at least a contact point (if not shop.com itself, which is totally active).<p>There wasn&#x27;t much due diligence here, and it seems like OP was relying on Ebay&#x27;s protection to secure a lazy gamble.