I won a Williams Future Spa on ebay a few years ago (it was to be my second pin). The guy was obviously not happy with the winning bid so when I asked for his bank details told me that he just turned it on to verify all was ok, and the CPU chip burnt a hole in it. As Michael Shaloub confirmed with me, and anyone who's dealt with electronics for any period of time knows, this is so rare that it almost never happens.

Needless to say he never returned any of my other emails, and I ended up buying Cyclone from Michael instead.

andrew