ViewSonic VA712b (Black) 17 inch LCD Monitor

I bid/won the Viewsonic for a customer project, and was pleased with the price. I sent the bank cashiers check to the seller, in good faith, having bid on it Only because he had a very high ( over 97%) feedback rating. However, after apologizing for being out of town and promising to ship right away, he has vanished from the face of the earth, and we have not gotten the Viewsonic we paid for after over a month of waiting. Though I like to procure Viewsonic gear for customers, as a quality brand, I am Thoroughly Disgusted that ebay seems unable to do Anything to recover the item we have paid for.