OK -- I vote with Ibuy2sellit on this one. This is not a SCAM. What if those sellers had bought items at WalMart, brought them home, and then listed them on eBay? Same difference.
You state that you "order from eBay to give my money to the noncorporate entity. The sellers you bought from were the so-called "noncorporate entity".
Maybe you should skip the eBay experience and just go to WalMart and buy your items.