Ingrid B.

I use ebay to mainly buy clothes, wigs, accessories and collectibles so I only have experience from those kind of sellers. My purchase went really well and that is probably thanks to my 'ebay routines'. I always check the bad ratings of the seller first. Why? Sometimes a seller may have a loooot of good ratings so that the bad ones disappear in the crowd. Look them up, read why they were unhappy with the purchase and then consider if you still can trust the seller. Maybe it was just a problem with longer waiting time for a customer or it could be something more serious that you are scared of happening to you.

I also have my own principle when purchasing anything on ebay: never buy expensive things. Why? Actually it LIMITS the chances of me being scammed of a ton of money for possible $#*!. Also, I am on the internet to find lower prices, not higher than in stores. Then of course, if it is ridiculously cheap then always consider why that can be the case.

Lastly, if it is something that has a high risk of being fake (collector's objects or alike), then it is good to try and contact the seller for more pictures. If you get no answer maybe he is unavailable or just ignores it all together for reasons we fear. If he agrees it is good if you ask the seller to put something in the picture that normally would not be included so you know that the picture is genuine. Maybe a bottle or a cup, an item everyone has but would not normally be included in photos on the internet so that he can just copy it and send it to you.

Sometimes we can get into contact with scumbags on ebay. But several times it is just a seller who wants to sell GOOD items and get nice reviews to help his business further.

I bought a few pair of shirts and a pair of pants from yesstyle a while ago. It did take a while for the package to get to me but I am pretty used to that (always do internet shopping). I had been measuring for all of the clothes so when I got them I was happy that they did not lie about the sizes! However I bought a pair of cute, high waisted pants that has several buttons. They actually look really good on me and fit nicely but... the button holes were not cut up(?) I contacted their customer service and after sending them pictures I DID NOT get my money back, but instead got a coupon to use for another purchase. Well maybe not what you would want at first, BUT! It turned out to be a win-win for me because they did not want the pants back, so I just took a scissor and fixed it myself! Now I got a coupon for later and a pair of pants so it could have turned out much worse i guess...