"Then the final straw was the last try a few days ago. The person accepted and said he will send me the paypal invoice with shipping in the next hour or so. I waited! Nothing! Watched the listing on classifieds and suddenly it was marked "sold locally" Send an PM to asked what the situation is and eventually got an reply which said "sold to my brother, family comes first"
To me that is simply lack of integrity on the sellers part. If you make a deal, you made a deal. If you NEED out that is one thing, but what you explained here is just wrong. IMHO