Is this Ebay auction a scam?

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Discman-Portabl...1QQcmdZViewItem

he has 248 positive feedback. asked for credit card payment in the auction and then after the auction was over he sent me the following message:

Hi, please pay me a total of $25.50 via paypal as I'm having problems with my 2checkout account. I'll ship the item as soon as payment is confirmed. Thank you.

Sincerely,
mellowdune

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this is a fairly rare cd player with an optical out, which is why i bought it. i havent seen another one in awhile, so i actually do want it quite a bit, what are the chances this is a scam? if its 50/50 im probably willing to just send him the money anyways. what do you think?

rj