Mistake. I errored on the sellers name as Larry, it's James.

What a story. At first I really felt bad for Larry, and even thouth, wouldn't it be nice if he did get some of the money back, then I read all the comments and reports, and something doesn't sound right. On his e-bay listing, he states that he didn't open the safe as he didn't have the combination. Then the buyer states in his positive feed back, that there was $6,000 in it. Larry's reply was that the buyer was playing a joke, as the safe was empty. Now the buyer has called the news station to say that there was $26,000 in it after he had a welder open it, then Larry wants half of the money. If it was locked when he shipped it, how did the money get in there? If Larry had bought the safe at an auction, got it home and opened it up to find $10,000 in it, would he have tried to find the previous owner to offer half of it? This all seems a little strange. Was there $6,000 or $26,000 or any money at all? Could this be a scam for people to feel sorry for Larry, and 26,000 people send him a $1 and he and the buyer split the money? Just a thought.