eBay-shopping - safe?

@emmiszoe (444)
Sweden
November 18, 2006 4:00am CST
Have you bought things via eBay? Do you think it's safe, how did you pay? And have you bought anything from an eBay that is not from your country - I mean I am interesting in buying a thing on eBay.fr, but I don't live in France. Ok?
17 responses
nolciean06
@nolciean06 (444)
• United States
19 Nov 06
I have bought stuff from E-Bay and never had a bad experience with them. I have not, however bought anything from another country
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
20 Nov 06
Ok, thank you for letting me know about your experience at least!
kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
19 Nov 06
I have never bought anything from Ebay myself but a good friend of mine did buy a Jeep on there and he is loving it and has had no problems with it. He had to travel up north to get it but he is enjoying his vehicle. Nothing is completely safe but it worked out for him.
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
A jeep! I've never heard of anyone buying something that big via eBay! I'm glad he's happy with his purchase.
ruipinto
@ruipinto (55)
• Portugal
18 Nov 06
I have purchased some products on Ebay, usually in Ebay United Kingdom and USA. I have never had a problem, the shippment is usually really fast and the products are as described. I always paid with PayPal with no problems. I have bought memory cards, memory pens, acessories for my photographic machine, etc.
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
I'm glad you have had successfull experience with eBay. Thank you for your response!
ajay_rajeev
@ajay_rajeev (160)
• India
18 Nov 06
thanks a lot for posting the discussion. i too was doubtful about ebay and got it cleared from good experiences. thanks again
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
Oh, good! So you were successfull with whatever you did buy? I'm glad! I guess I'll give this a try, just have to check out shipping and payment methods etc.
Rebecky
@Rebecky (166)
• United States
18 Nov 06
I buy and sell on eBay. Before buying, I check a person's feedback. As long as it's positive, I will bid. I am very happy with eBay and highly recommend it! I use Paypal to send and receive payments. Good luck, and just make sure you do your research!
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
Interesting to hear someone happy with eBay both from a sellers and a buyers point of view. Thank you for your response!
alecsing
@alecsing (445)
• India
18 Nov 06
ebay is a gamble i would suggest you to research and then buy
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
Thank you for your tip. Do you recokment researching other similar sites or more looking into the price of the item in shops?
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@abhiroop85 (2826)
• Scottsdale, Arizona
18 Nov 06
da price is bit high but it is very safe so u can go 4 it
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
Are there any special things I should think of when I start bidding, to get the price down?
dragonflyfli
@dragonflyfli (5528)
• United States
18 Nov 06
i have bought and sold on ebay and it is very fast and you must be prompt wiwth everything. i had purchased a cold air intake for my car and it was dented but with some pliers we fixed that.
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
I am prepared that there are no guaranties for the things you purchase - I have a friend who recieved a copied DVD instead of an original once. But I hope that it will go well with my purchase. Thanks for you comment!
MySpot
@MySpot (2600)
• United States
18 Nov 06
I have purchased many things from ebay. I use PayPal and find that they are a secure payment site. I always check the sellers feedback and feedback score first. I am in the U.S.A. and I have purchased from Indonesia and Australia, just be sure to check the sellers shipping policy BEFORE bidding, so you can be certain that they ship out of their country and the exact cost of S&H. Ebay offers a 'buy it now' feature and they have 'ebay express' and 'ebay stores', if you don't enjoy bidding. Have Fun ~ Happy Bidding!
erevoz
@erevoz (399)
• Indonesia
19 Nov 06
dunnio
music2myears
@music2myears (1802)
• United States
18 Nov 06
Yes, it is very safe.
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
Thanks for giving your oppinion!
tibido
@tibido (4079)
• Italy
18 Nov 06
ebay is a crap
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
18 Nov 06
Ok... I'm kind of surprised, actually, I was sort of hoping that people would tell me about good experiences. I have had good experiences with a similar site here in my country, and found something on eBay, and hoped that people would be as happy with eBay as people generally are with this other site, tradera.com. Well, thankyou for your response, anyway, now I'll have to think about weather to go for this thing or not... Have a nice evening!
sankethadiga
@sankethadiga (1087)
• India
19 Nov 06
ebay - ebay
It's as safe as safe could get... I've done numerous transactions in ebay!
ruby1459
@ruby1459 (2600)
• United States
18 Nov 06
I have bought items on ebay. If you see the seller's score as positive(from buyer) then most of cases it's safe :) I've bought from concert tickets to shirts and I bought from this person who lives in Europe (I live in USA) but it was very quick.
emmiszoe
@emmiszoe (444)
• Sweden
19 Nov 06
Thanks for your response - Nice to hear someone had a positive experience. I'll have to check out that thing about seller's score - I assume it is kind of like the ratings you can give the different marketplace-sellers at Amazon?
krprasannakumar
@krprasannakumar (237)
• India
18 Nov 06
donot know
sweety2006
@sweety2006 (1411)
• United States
19 Nov 06
Yeah I've bought a lot of stuff from ebay, and it was very safe.
hariprashanth
@hariprashanth (199)
• India
18 Nov 06
Its very safe. You can alwaiz have a trust in them. Delivery is very proper and the quality of the products are also good.