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Find the right seller and you hit a jackpot! Just watch out. My mom's and my philosophy are to buy low, sell high. Why not? What's there to loose? Well, a few dollars.

Give yourself a limit and STICK TO IT! Don't get upset when someone outbids you. You can offer a max bid and let eBay do the rest! I love it. I set up a $5.00 max on most itms, and if I really need/want/can use it, I bid aggressively. If it's something that's wholesale, other things WILL show up!

Don't be afraid to buy overseas, just not if you don't want to wait long. I like to think of it as glorified gambling, but you typically get something awesome if you play your cards right. :)

I'm only using eBay as an example because it has one of the largest networks swarming with consumers and merchants. Security isn't that tight, the user buys and bids at their own risk, thousands upon thousands of people get ripped off this i have experienced, consumers always check for signs.

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Observe all the above when looking to buy, if a merchant is 100% honest they should pass all signs of illegal or dishonest dealings.

I bought a jacket from china my first mistake second mistake not checking origin general sizing chart third mistake they didn't really answer my questions in depth and had language difficulties of course these aren't dead give aways but they are a concern which i should of noticed, the jacket arrived, the jacket was gigantic not the jacket they had advertised in the photo not even close and the merchant cancelled the account straight after the deal was closed. EBays a great place still you just gotta be aware i feel my greatest reason for being on sitejabber is to offer advice and inform. Lest we forget. Common sense.

Common sense isn't seen as a viable code of truth because the government have done well to associate it with confusion, miss guided judgement and paranoia, used by governments for years to cover up or keep secrets that blind the public from the truth, issues like war and WMD missions UFO sightings. Did you see it? Yes i saw it! No you didn't your crazy ok i must be crazy. Tainting the concept of common sense.

Your probably asking yourself right now whats this guy on. Nothing.

Lets face it, eBay is the world's flee-market! They don't like to think of themselves this way but it is true. Think about it... You can find almost anything you are looking for and most of the time a lot less.

About 6 months ago, we needed a part for our home heating system. The part was about $199.00 locally. We found it on the web for $119.00 and was about to purchase it (thinking we were saving $80 bucks!) when I decided to check eBay. EBay had one for $36.00 and another for $17.95! A savings of $182.00 over what I found locally. Also found a new A/C compress for my truck for $80.00 when Autozone wanted $249.00.

How can anyone not like eBay? I have never been let down as a buyer of ebay items however, as a seller, we have had our share of "problem customers" because they do not read the complete description in the ad.

The only problem I have with eBay itself, is once you get use to it and how it works they change something! They use to show the bidder's user name. I could watch that name to see if it was a fake ad or a shill bidder. You can't do that anymore since they no longer display the bidder's user name (they do show it to you if your are the seller of the item).

Anyway, just remember to read the complete item description and if you see a $1000. 00 item getting ready to sell for $25.00, be afraid, very afraid... It's a scam item and they want you to send them money using Western Union (which eBay advises against...) or to PayPal them to a different email address. Hackers do this because they have hijacked someone sellers account and need you to send the money to a different PayPal account - not the hijacked account's Paypal account.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!

I was a faithful user of ebay for many years and never had any problems with them until they started changing everything. I had always sold handbags (authentic) had 100% feedback from all my customers and then they started removing my listings and eventually suspended my account. When I asked then why they said someone reported me for selling fake bags. Now seeing as how I have 100% feedbag from more then 700 satisfied customers I was outraged. And there is nothing I can do about it.

As a 11 year veteran of the site, I have noticed that over the past several years the site has leaned to the direction of the buyer in all aspects, this has made it difficult for alot of sellers to maintain their same business(some buyers are out there to take advantage of you) but ultimately the more accountable that you hold the sellers, the more comfortable the buyers will be. I don't agree with some of the politically driven policies, nor with the way ebay protects itself, but over all, thumbs up. No where else can you sell to the same size of audience, as you can on ebay.