Jeff, it does sound a little strange to me that the items are listed as being located in Japan with a shipping cost of $5 to the USA, but I think you won the items at a great discount price and if you really wanted them should have paid the extra $50 and been happy. If you paid through Paypal on eBay you should have been somewhat protected from losing your money if the auction was a total scam.
I have bought a lot of Amiga stuff on eBay and only been burned a few times, getting broken items.
