Sort of OT: Ebay results, Have you gotten what you paid for? Options

[Pat Garvey]

Excuse me if this has been done before - couldn't find it on a search.

Ebay purchases, or sales.

What is your overall feeling? Get what you paid for? Get stiffed on a buy? Products as advertised?

I've bought & sold things, and for the most parts evrything went as plan. Not all, but close.

Bought things that looked OK, but were trash when I got them. OK, the chances you take based on crappy photos. Rare, but it has happened.

What's the general consensus?

[anthony]

I've done at least 500 ebay transactions (both selling and buying). I haven't been ripped off a single time. I've had a small handful of slight disappointments. Over the long run though I've saved tens thousands of dollars by buying stuff on ebay.

You also have to use some judgement when buying on ebay. I won't buy from a low feedback seller and I look at seller feedback closely. I tend to buy stuff that I know can be successfully shipped without damage. One has to use common sense and stay away from items where the disappointment factor is high. I wouldn't buy a car sight unseen and thus I wouldn't buy one on ebay either unless I could see it or drive it ahead of time. Same with an engine - I wouldn't buy a used engine I didn't see run and get leakdown/compression tests done on (unless I was paying core prices).