I've been using eBay on an occasional basis for a few years now, and have been fairly fortunate in that I can think of only two bad transactions. One I simply never received the goods and the other the idiot shoved equipment into an oversized cardboard box with absolutely no packaging whatsoever.
On the whole though, I've had no problems. Most of my transactions are for vintage equipment, old reference books, adding to my record collection etc. In fact I have one regular seller in the latter category based in Ohio who has been extremely helpful, willing to wait a couple of weeks to batch auctions together so I only get one overseas shipping charge.
We just need to remember that eBay has a cross-section of the good, the bad, and the ugly, just the like the real world.
