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From an ebay buyer's point of view...

If you know what you're doing in e-bay (aware of ebay's terms and conditions, sellers feedbacks, sellers terms and conditions, the good ole fine print, ect) you'll do fine or even great in ebay. Everybody's protected in ebay, so if you want to buy something outside of ebay' terms, don't do it. If something goes wrong, you're on your own.

I've been an avid ebay buyer for a while, I haven't gotten any problem so far. I'm still enjoying surfing and buying from ebay.

I've been a constant user of eBay - both as a seller and buyer and having said that, let's look at why I didn't give them a 4-star rating:
1. EBay is the land of fees. If they can find a way to charge you a fee for it, they will. I'm kind of surprised they don't charge a "log-in" fee for every time you sign in. Maybe they just haven't thought of it yet.
2. If you're selling, don't sell things overseas! The only items I've ever had that have supposedly gotten lost have been items shipped overseas - and I question whether or not they were really lost - and those have all been $50+ items. Hmmmm
3. As a rule, if someone has a low feedback rating (less than 100), it's probably best to steer clear of them for bigger ticket items, but give them a chance - everybody started out with a 0 rating at one time or another. Just order a small items initially and see how they perform. The seller will appreciate it and you might find someone you want to deal with again in the future.

Overall, no real problems with eBay other than the overseas sales and the fees - they really do need to cut down on those!

Me and my friend started selling his unopened birthday present ties on ebay. Some were 300 dollars new and others were rare. The one problem we have ever had was when someone bid 150 for a 150 tie and they won it (of course). But then ebay pulled them off the site because they were selling items illegally. We had to sell it to the second highest bidder at a price of 115. No problems with buying stuff ever though. So buy away, but always do research to see if the product actually exists.

Ebay is really good for buyers, but I think it's a little unfair to its sellers.

I was looking into buying a certain product and found a really affordable seller, however when I looked into the seller before I made my purchase, I noticed that their review wasn't fully 100%. One of the people who gave them a negative review really seemed almost vindictive and mean, and it went against a lot of the other good reviews. Thank God I overlooked that review! I purchased my product from them anyways and honestly, I couldn't understand that one negative review! But poor company! Their rating got knocked so much! And it seemed so unfair!

So I think its reallyyyy convenient and awesome for buyers, but sellers beware!

I have been an Ebay Seller off and on for years now. Last year I took it serious to help pay for my two daughters college. Ebay was a second job that became such a dissappointment. I am a great seller with over 1100 feedbacks most from this year and last year. I was a powerseller and a top rated seller. I worked hard to take care of my reputation and business. All it takes is less than one handful of people to lie or steal from you and you loose your power seller and top ratings. Lakelandgifts is my ID check it out feedback has been great, but if you as a buyer leave less than 5 stars than Ebay dings the seller and eventually limits the number of items you can sell. I have over 1100 satisfied customers, this doesn't matter its the tiny few people Ebay listens too. The majority getting thrown under the bus for the small minority. Ebay limited me on the number of items I can sell to only 70 per month. All because of a few and I mean few like 7 people in a one year total that left me less than 5 star ratings. I have called Ebay 3 times and NEVER have they satisfied me with this problem or any other problem. Even an outright lie from a buyer and proven as a lie did not matter. Ebay is NEVER for a seller. As a buyer you get all kinds of help etc. Without sellers there are no buyers. As more and more great sellers experience the new system changes which began in April 2011 and all the fee increases, you as a seller will see their bottom lines disappear. I have never in my life experienced a more greedy company than Ebay. They need to go back to their grass roots and remember where they came from. I am looking to sell somewhere else and its sad that many of my great customers are suffering because of Ebay's limits and changes. It not only hurts you the seller but eventually you the buyer in the long run. With the new fee increases Ebay and Paypal are taking over 15% of your total selling price plus shipping and don't forget the crazy insertion fees. I enter everything into Quicken to see my bottom line, and it has decreased tremendously. I need to sell elsewhere I hear Ebid.net is catching on, if thats so may God Bless them. Thanks and I hope this helps you as a seller looking to sell items online.

I still use eBay, but only with caution. I will never buy software through them again, though.
I run a website company, and would buy copies of the Dreamweaver software our content writers use, but my last three transactions were both pirated versions. On one, the seller refunded my money. The third one is what earns eBay my $#@! Rating, because eBay let him get away with manipulating the system and cheating me out of my refund. As soon as I discovered it was a pirated copy, I lodged a complaint with the seller. He didn't respond right away, and when he did, eBay didn't tell me until several days before the dispute period was about to expire. I sent back the software according to their instructions, but the seller then delayed his response until the dispute period actually did expire and I was left with not even a pirated copy of the software and he had my money. I hollered at the eBay people, but they just brushed me off.
So watch for incredible deals on "new" software and just pass them up. EBay will not stand behind you. These shysters will just close old accounts when they get bad reviews and then open new ones.

After my ebay account got hacked, it was a nightmare to reach and work with customer service of ebay and paypal (since the payments are linked). When I posted my dissatisfaction on paypal my paypal account was frozen with all the money in it in retaliation.

There is a reason why Amazon is rated far better here. Avoid the security risks and retaliations by ebay and paypal, and get to Amazon. I have moved all my online purchases there and could not be happier with the products and the service.

I have been using E-Bay for 4yrs. I have had but 2 bad items a used computer processor had pins that were bent the seller gave me a refund then there was an XBox360 that I sent to a repair service that I purchased when it was returned it worked for about a minute when I contacted the seller he wouldn't give me a refund so I contacted Paypal they give me a refund E-Bay has just about everything but it's just like any other store you have to check for the best price as far as ordering things from a foreign country I have never had a problem Have A Great Day Chuck