Someone else had already used my email address as his (!) own. For security reasons, eBay will not tell you this is the reason, but hubby finally figured it out, and we closed that account (guy couldn’t use it anyway because. . .duh. . .your confirmation is done through e-mail. When he opened it a year and a half ago, I’ll betcha I deleted the mail, thinking it was yet another “eBay” spam) and now I have to wait another couple of days before I can open a real one. THANK YOU SO MUCH, STOOOOOPID EMAIL THIEVES! Now, the lady in customer service in Oklahoma was very nice and helpful, gave me my tracking number and order number and all, even called me back when she got an update. However, because of this asshat in Ohio, I’m spending $130 more for this item than I could have gotten it for on eBay. He left his name and address on the account, and I entertained fantasies of sending him a bill in the mail, but that course of action is far more effective as fantasy revenge than real life revenge.