Actually Ebay is very good. People tend to be scared of it, due to what appears to be the lack of security. I mean, you're only trusting another guy just like you after all, how do you know the guy won't rip you off?

Well firstly, if you read Ebay's statement when signing up, then as soon as a deal is made, they are obligated to follow it through. If it isn't, then you have legal rights to take them to court, thus ensuring that they won't rip you off in that sense.

The other thing, is about the quality of the product. It's true that sometimes there are people out there that try to rip you off in that sense, and thus i would never buy something like a car, etc. Where the product can be given in a shoddy state. But i would however, buy say computer hardware which cannot be sold in any worse condition than a 'working' condition.

You can normally trust all things that say "Buy now", because they are normally first hand equipment being sold through a third party (The person advertising). Also there is a grading system, go for people with mostly positive comments, if a guy has a ton of negative comments, i wouldn't trust him at all. If he has no comments, then don't trust him either. A seller should put his profile up with positive comments by buying things first, before trying to sell instantly with no comments at all.

I've bought many things across ebay, i got my GBA from there, my GBA Flash Cartridge from there, my IDE to USB 2.0 HardDrive case from there. Just watching the positive to negative rates, and you'll be fine.

But i would watch out for the Post and Packaging btw. Some sellers try to rip you off by putting an ultra low price for a product, but then charge a ton on post and packaging, making the product more expensive than retail. So always keep an eye on the post and packaging.