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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 412537" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>Like someone else said, lots of reputable well-known businesses on ebay. No problem with that. Lots of unknown of companies too, I would avoid those guys for high value items. For buying stuff from an individual, I try to snoop on him a bit. I look at his feedback, but I also look at what else he is selling. Does he look like he runs a pawn shop or second hand shop? I avoid that. Does he sell tons more stuff than he could possibly own? I avoid that. If he looks like a regular guy that sells some stuff here and there, then I may give him a chance. I like a personal description with a little story why he is selling it. If he just goes with the pre-made ebay description or just a brief few words, I avoid that, he is probably in a buying/selling business or selling the item for a 3rd party. I look at the pictures too. If they are crappy pictures, I avoid. You are selling camera equipment and you take a blurry picture with your flip-phone? No thanks. And finally if the background of the picture looks too plain, I reverse image search it on google to see if its a 'borrowed' image. I've bought hundreds of things on ebay and never got screwed and I have sold plenty of my own stuff too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 412537, member: 4923"] Like someone else said, lots of reputable well-known businesses on ebay. No problem with that. Lots of unknown of companies too, I would avoid those guys for high value items. For buying stuff from an individual, I try to snoop on him a bit. I look at his feedback, but I also look at what else he is selling. Does he look like he runs a pawn shop or second hand shop? I avoid that. Does he sell tons more stuff than he could possibly own? I avoid that. If he looks like a regular guy that sells some stuff here and there, then I may give him a chance. I like a personal description with a little story why he is selling it. If he just goes with the pre-made ebay description or just a brief few words, I avoid that, he is probably in a buying/selling business or selling the item for a 3rd party. I look at the pictures too. If they are crappy pictures, I avoid. You are selling camera equipment and you take a blurry picture with your flip-phone? No thanks. And finally if the background of the picture looks too plain, I reverse image search it on google to see if its a 'borrowed' image. I've bought hundreds of things on ebay and never got screwed and I have sold plenty of my own stuff too. [/QUOTE]
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