I was looking around that site. I was wondering if anyone has purchased anything from there. Were you satisfied with what you got and the cost?

I buy and sell on ebay often. Out of many experiences, I have only had one bad. You can usually avoid bad experiences by checking peoples feedback and letting that guide you.

I did buy some items from Ebay, I WAS satisfied by the quality. I have also bought from their affiliate Half.com and bought many DVD's (and sold some as well) and was very satisifed.

How do you purchace something? Do you bid and wait?

I buy from e-bay all the time, and love it. I have been aquireing a set of dishes that were only made in the 1930's. I would never have been able to get any of these if it weren't for e-bay. Anyway, Wildflower, yes you bid the amount that would be the most that you would want to pay for something. Then e-bay bids in incruments for you, but does not go over your limit. When the auction ends, they will let you know if you won or not. One thing to keep in mind, when you decide what you want to pay, you must consider shipping costs. I sometimes will ask the seller before I bid what the shipping would be based on my zip code. Also, you have to decide if you want insurance or not. I used to always buy it, but then realized that if the item was lost, I would only get my bid price back, not including the shipping that I paid. If you buy a $10.00 item, it might be worth the risk, instead of adding another $1.30 on to the price. I never insure anything now (since my bid price is so low) and I haver always gotten everything fine. Another thing that I do is bid low, and bid often. I loose a lot of auctions, but when I win one, I feel I got the item for a good price. So many people sell things on e-bay now, that if you loose a few, the item will come back up soon. Make sure if you have ANY questions about an item, ask the seller before you bid.

I'm somewhat new to ebay. I been using it for about three months now & been happy with everything I bid on & won.

My brothers used it to get backpacks for school.
The got them for about half price & was very happy to save some money by using ebay.

I looked at a few other sites like ebay but none
looked as good as ebay.

as soon as i get my credit card, im hitting ebay!

there are a couple dozen or so boxed t.v. dvd sets that i want, starting with season 1 of the non edited sailor moon! yay!

mwahahahaha we got ahold of my brother in laws credit card (with permission of course... who do you think i am?).
LOOK OUT EBAY!

I used it for the first time the other week and actually Ruthann turned me onto it. She found an item that I had been looking for that I thought did not exist. But she found it on E-bay so with great trepidation I made a bid. I could have chosen to buy it for 5 more dollars but thought I'd try the bid thing. As luck would have it no-one else placed a bid so when I went back to check on the item at the end of the auction time I was told that I had "won" it and to start payment info.

The lady I dealt with was friendly and she shipped the item that day and I received it within 3 days. All in all, my first experience was a great one.

Thanks Ruthann!