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I really enjoyed my recent experience with Ebay. I had heard so much about Ebay that I went online, looked around for a while, and then decided to purchase a Dell laptop computer for my son, who was starting in college. I was realy excited about the "great deal" I got -a "slightly used, working" Dell for $284 with Windows XP, WiFi, etc. Imagine my horror. When my "great deal" turned out to be an old beat up computer with a burned out screen! After multiple unsuccessful attempts to resolve the issue with the computer company, Ebay stepped in and within 72 hours, had issued me a full refund plus shipping costs AND told me to keep the Dell laptop computer for scrap parts!

I've had mixed experiences with E-Bay. One must be an educated buyer and a little psychic. E-Bay has a feedback system that I highly recommend any prospective customer to review before placing a bid or hitting the buy now button. PayPal is now the only form of payment accepted on E-Bay, it offers good buyer protection for online purchases. Now back to shopping... I can honestly say that I have yet to purchase any authentic Chanel items on E-Bay. The sellers list their items as authentic and promise the buyer that they're honest sellers and would never buy or sell a replica item. I've even had a seller tell me that a Chanel bag I purchased was confirmed authentic by MyPoupette.com (an online company that authenticates Chanel bags for a fee). You've guessed it, the bag is a fake. Don't be fooled by Chanel bags being advertised as vintage or rare bags because they too are most likely fakes. My suggestion to all designer bag fashionistas, if you truly desire an authentic designer handbag, only purchase one at an authorized dealer or a Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, etc. Boutique. Also, remember the golden shopper's rule, read the seller's feedback section, it is there to both inform and protect you the consumer. On the bright side, E-Bay has just about everything under the sun, so if you're looking for a hard to find item, E-Bay probably has it and several of them at a range of prices. Happy Bidding!

Really like the site up to a certain point. You will find pretty much anything at this place, the only I don't like is you can't really know if you're buying exactly what you're buying. Yea, the feedback system is a good thing but sometimes people that review it doesn't seem to know the stuff they got aren't exactly what they're looking for. Each person's standard's different. I buy games here and two sellers can have games listed as New but one came with it shrink wrap but when I open it you can tell it's been used via scratches and booklet having some kind of color stain. Yet the other one came non shrink wrapped, claiming it was opened to check it works, and the disc was perfect with no scratches, perfect booklet and even came with the ad inserts that usually comes with games now.

I found a couple eBay stores that I don't have to worry about buying from.

*******@ebay.com, *******@ebay.com, buythegreenfairy at ebay store - There are high levels pf absinthe liquid essence 35mg to 55 mg (us regulations 10mg) being sold through these ebay stores along with nitrous oxide capsules.

I never knew ebay was meant for business like this. Any teenage or child can access this stuff on the web, let alone on our streets. I totally am disgraced that ebay would even consider selling these illegal kits.

It was banned back in th 40's and has just been reintroduced to our country a few years ago and people are taking it to the limits with it.

They should not be allowed to sell on eby and have charges brought up against them.

Mixed Bag. - Try searching for a digital camera on eBay. Too much choice, and you have to wade through crap and accessories before you find anything remotely close to what you're looking for. It's impossible to disginguish new stuff from used stuff, even though that's what the user wants an what eBay can easily facilitate if it listened or cared.

The My Ebay page is a disaster - a confoluted quagmire that tells me everything but what I want to know.

Still a good place to shop for records, especially rare and hard to find ones.

Anyway, a mixed bag. Consider how much time you waste on eBay, even if you do end up getting something close to what you want.