Is It Safe To Shop On Ebay?

[Cherrypie7]

Are the sellers on there geniune? I'm thinking of buying a 9ct gold chain on there but is it safe? Are all their products second hand? Do buyers get any protection from scam sellers on there?

[craft1948]

I've bought lots of things from ebay and have only ever had 1 problem, which paypal sorted out for me................

[askyourgran]

My daughter uses eBay quite a lot and normally has no trouble with it, she uses paypal. Only once she bought a Raymond Weill watch as a suprise present from the OH to me and paid up, but no watch materialised. She tracked down the address to Student-land digs, and no-one there knew anything about it. The Police followed it up and eBay refunded the money.

[Old_Geezer]

You opt to take the risk or not. I've got some bargains on there and been caught out a few times too. And yes I do check all the available information first. And no neither eBay nor Paypal wanted to know when I was scammed so I got the impression they were happy for their customers to be conned that way. I no longer rely on help from either.

[grasscarp]

Old Geezer, that is not always the case. I got duped big time and turned to paypal, then the police. The police said the problem was with paypal (who had said I had funds - which was later not the case as real persons account had been hacked into.) Wrote an old fashioned letter to paypal giving police number phone number etc. Paypal paid up!