Ebay users ???

[rtimgray]

I been an eBayer for at least 10 years and I think I've had one bad deal - and it was a couple of controllers for an old Super Nintendo system. I've also never had any problems with PayPal. I think it's pretty cool the amount of obscure items (both cheap and expensive) that I've been able to find on eBay that otherwise I would never be able to come up with.

Nothing wrong with setting up a "dummy" email account if you're worried about it, though. I can't remember if you have to use a credit card to register if you use a gmail, yahoo, etc.

Thanks.

 

[Fixemall]

I just recently became a Power Seller on E-bay, I primarily sell chainsaws and other small items. I have only had to take back one item in several hundred transactions and that was only because the guy stole parts off of it and tried to say it was not running I now video all the saws that I sell as running and have not had any additional problems.
A good idea when selling items is to make the buyer requirements high enough that you only end up dealing with experienced individuals with good feedback, same goes for buying items...read the sellers feedback.

 

[rkeith]

Go for it! I love Ebay and have never had a problem with Ebay. My only problem was with a user but that was my fault because I didn't use delivery confirmation and they claimed that I didn't ship the product. I've done about 250 transactions through Ebay and I use PayPal for the buyer protection. :thumbsup:

 

[tallyho8]

eBay is the greatest shopping experience in the world. There is nothing that you can not find on eBay if you search correctly. If you are looking for a tin toy that you played with 60 years ago or a part for your 40 year old air conditioner, you can find it there and you can get it cheaper than when you find it in a flea market after searching flea markets for 20 years.

PayPal is just like any other credit or debit card (Visa, MasterCard, etc). There are compliments and complaints with all the different cards and if you search the internet you can find the complaints about the one that you use. The same people who have problems with PayPal have the same problems with the other credit cards too. I have made thousands of transactions with no more than a couple of minor problems.

I like the fact that when you use PayPal the seller who is a stranger who lives hundreds of miles away does not get your credit card info. I have found that eBay and PayPal have better resolutions to complaints than I have with other cards.

Nothing beats meeting the seller or buyer in person and handing over cash but in an international world where we often buy items directly from a seller in Asia I have found no safer way than using eBay and PayPal.

 

[aczlan]

On the email address, if you use Gmail, you can use myemailaddress+companyname@gmail.com. That will go to myemailaddress@gmail.com and allow you to track what that company does with your email address.
(ie: for TBN, I use myemailaddress+tbn@gmail.com, for amazon, I use myemailaddress+amazon@gmail.com).
That comes in handy when someone sends you spam (as someone recently did with the email address I used in the directory at church) as you can prove where they got the address from. I find it much more convenient than opening 50 email accounts.

On Ebay, I have made 173 purchases there and have only been burned when I didn't get ALL of my questions answered BEFORE buying (happened twice).

Aaron Z

 

[Western]

Thanks for all the information! I guess I will look into a new email, I use Yahoo now. The way I look at it, the buyer takes the risk 90% of the time on a product, since the knowledge of so many sellers may be varied or biased.

I will have to look into PayPal a little more, the only time I've used it was by accident (clicked it at checkout on another site) Didn't know what it was, but it was the only payment option, ended up calling them (PP) because the products hadn't arrived in 3 weeks (coyote snares). I was SOL since I wasn't a registered paypal customer??? and then there was some type of time limit for complaints so....

 

[Western]

On the email address, if you use Gmail, you can use myemailaddress+companyname@gmail.com. That will go to myemailaddress@gmail.com and allow you to track what that company does with your email address.
(ie: for TBN, I use myemailaddress+tbn@gmail.com, for amazon, I use myemailaddress+amazon@gmail.com).
That comes in handy when someone sends you spam (as someone recently did with the email address I used in the directory at church) as you can prove where they got the address from. I find it much more convenient than opening 50 email accounts.

Aaron Z

Aaron, good idea! thanks

 

[murphy1244]

just make sure you use PayPal ..... I have not had any problems ever...

 

[George2615]

I've been using Ebay and Paypal a few years now without problem. Just make sure your Email has a junk and / or spam filter to weed out the phishing.

 

[Pixguy]

I get very little junk mail, but a few things to remember.

1. Check feedback on seller.
2. Check off pay by CC when going through paypal instead of auto. check withdrawal. Gives you CC dispute protection as well.
3. Remember #1.

I've bought over 400 items and have never been burned. I did have one shipping problem with an item out of Canada, but Paypal reversed the charges and fixed it.

Good luck and enjoy!