Ebay can become quite a pissing contest between buyer and seller if you don't watch you.
Number 1 -- Keep copies of everything! Print out copies of the auction listing, print out copies of the email sent to you with the change in resort.
The seller can give you negative feedback, one negative feedback isn't the end of the world, but it always seems best to keep your feedback rating clean. They can also lable you as a non-paying bidder. They have an incentive to do this actually. The seller is going to have to pay fees to Ebay for listing the auction and additional fees because the item sold. The fees are based on the winning bid. This is not going to be cheap. If the seller files a complaint that you did not pay for the item, they get some of the fees waived.
The seller is at fault here, so you as the buyer should not have to worry about any of this. How I would approach it is to contact the seller and tell them that they obviously misrepresented the item in the listing. That you wanted OKW, you bid on OWK and you intended to buy OKW. You have no interest in Vero, you know it is a nice resort, but it is not want you wanted. That if they can produce the OKW points as advertised, that you will be happy to complete the sale, but that you will not be paying for the Vero points.
I would also let them know that you feel that they should not leave you negative feedback, as the misrepresented the auction and should not hold you responsible as a non-paying bidder. That you agree to file no complaints against them for mis-representing the item, if they file no complaints against you. This lets both of you walk away. If it really was a mistake on their part, this is a nice way to handle it. You owe nothing, you don't have any complaints against you to deal with and you give the seller the benefit of the doubt.
If they don't agree, then stand up foryourself and fight back. -- Leave Negative Feedback, you only have 80 characters or so, but leave something like "Item mis-represented was for a resort 100s of miles away from OKW - bait and switch!" or something like that. They will leave you feedback, you can post a response, be sure and do that.
They may file a non-paying bidder complaint against you, respond to it with a copy of the email where they attempted to change to terms of the sale, also copy your letter where you said that if they produce the item you actually purchased that you will proceed with the sale.
Now if you are really pissed, I would watch for this sellers future auctions and see if they relist OKW. If they do you are able to send messages via Ebay to the bidders. I would email the bidders and warn them about what happened to you, that based on your experience, the seller has no OKW points but is attempting a bait and switch.
Shame on them. Have you looked at the board sponsor's resales? I'm so sorry they did that to you. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
