have you ever bought something from ebay?

hi gotcho, One of the things you can check is the seller's feedback rating in order to get an idea of the seller.If a seller got some neg(-) feedback out of hundreds of pos(+) ones,it's better to read the feedback's description. Some buyers maybe impatient or too fussy about item's condition that they simply leave a neg(-) f/back before emailing the seller to solve the problem. Here's an example: an item arrived partially open/not packed properly(even though seller packed/sealed in a proper manners).This maybe due to the after inspection of customs officer. If the seller had lots of neg(-) f/back with descriptions such as "Item not describe","Item not working condition and used. Description says New",then you got to be very cautious. Hope my explanation helps. david tay

I've bought a few things off ebay from overseas but haven't received a lot of it yet. I chose the cheap snail mail option since it costs a fortune to ship anything from overseas to my country (Australia).Hope some of it will arrive soon.I should get them in a month or two I think. Otherwise it's a bit hard to determine if the sellers I've bought stuff from are frauds or not. When I made bids on the things I bought I forgot to check out the sellers feedback oopps(!?)I'll be sure to check out the feedback just in case next time...

I would go by their over all rating. If there is only a couple of bad ratings but several good. I would say they are good. In the end I would go with your gut.