With respect to the swing arm, it is true the eBay ad did not call out that it was a replica, and I'll take that up with VMX directly and via eBay. On previous experience I could get a full refund from PayPal and/or my credit card issuer. That being said, I'm happy with what I got, finish included. I wanted to get rising rate geometry, and the other route - Novation swing arm and new shocks - is more expensive. If it had been a NOS Fox arm obviously I would have been ecstatic.
With respect to Red Racer and VMX, I can argue this one back and forth. We simply do not know, and I for one have better things to do with my time than find out. Aside from replacement plastic which I can also get from Vintage Iron or DC I am tapped out on purchases for my bike. Also, because of legal precedent you won't catch me making observations in public about a person or a company I cannot back up with facts or testimony. So far that means VMX states they bought equipment, no other Red Racer connection.
BTW - the re-routing of the URL just means that someone - probably John Vasquez - changed the physical IP address for Red Racer from the web server where
http://www.red-racer.com was hosted to the web server where vmxracing.com is hosted. The magic of domain name servers does the rest. The reasons for this move could be fair or foul.
Bottom line for me is that every transaction you do over the Internet has some risk and your best protection at all times is to use PayPal backed up by a credit card. Over 4-5 years and spending thousands in this market, I have been stiffed once for $200. Not bad going.
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Just by posting on this trader board you are giving info to all kinds of criminal minds with bad intents. We all know they are out there. Just turn off the security center on the old computer for a few days and see what happens to it...... 
I'll give you an example of the weakness of the PP seller PUNISHMENT policy. Lets say you sell a bike part and PP is used for the transaction. The buyer receives the goods and tells PP it's broken, not as described, or whatever. Your account can be LOCKED DOWN until they investigate! Go read about what they do with your money in the meantime....while you wait to see if you can ever have your money back at all. You can't get any money out of the account until the issue is resolved even if it's for a small amount. The buyer then keeps the part and sends you back a box with a brick in it. He now has a reciept that the item was sent back and PP gives his money back. PP gets your interest earned (this is the secret to why they freeze accounts) and now he has your part........and his money....and best of all you are now on the PP "suspicious list". Under PP's terms, you basically have ZERO way to get your part back. PP claims to try and help, but go look at their record. There is a reason they settled out of court. They have been dirty and they knew it. They would rather it be YOU who loses, not them...even if they are the ones who let the dirty little &%$* into THEIR system. By the way....he now has a new PP account to work with! PP makes it much easier to start an account, than it is to keep one if they suspect you. Seems like they should ask these questions for proof before they let the little %^%## get in. They are ALWAYS protected by the terms you agree to in the user agreement. PP is NOT a bank and is not governed by the rules set up for regular banks. Believe it or not, the good old Postal money order gives you the best hope of not getting swindled.