I don't do ebay anymore (account was teakwoodmanor, no longer registered because I forgot I owed ebay like $11 and now it won't let me go to the page to print the bill to send payment).
But feel free to ask about me on either the arcade newsgroups, or here. I have done a couple deals here, and have bought/sold a dozen+ items on the arcade newsgroups.
You can also check me out on the klov.com boards where I go under the name tbbk, have done deals there with Texashotshot (monitor boards), Warlord (multipart game/pinball trade), Mongo (more deals than I can count), Noice87 (many parts traded for game), and have a pending deal with kspiff (who also posts here).
I understand your reservations though. I am always a bit antsy sending money to some name on a messageboard or the newsgroups, but so far no one has ever done me wrong on either one.