I generally have had good dealings on ebay. Personally I think dealing with ebay and using pay pal is a lot safer than the old days when you would make transactions on the AOL lighthouse bulletin board. On the bulletin board there was no other way to check out the seller, except to ask the questions and request references. On ebay before you bid you can review the sellers feedback and when you make the money transaction you can use pay pal that insures you for product satisfaction.

I never have been surprised on ebay and the few times where I had problems were ones I all ready had my doubts about the seller. The next question is if I had doubts why deal with them. The reason is even if the seller gives you the warning signs to stay away, the item or the price of the item maybe just to tempting to turn away.