Michael P.

Ebay is by far the best auction site for many items on the web. I have been a member for several years. Over time, you learn how to avoid the bad sellers. As has been indicated, the feedback listings are a good way to avoid sellers you don't want to buy from. A few hints on making sure you always get your stuff quickly: Look for sellers with 100% positive feedback. This really isn't that hard on most items, I have found. READ the feedback. A lot of times people will provide a positive or neutral feedback for a seller who is somewhat sluggish in getting stuff shipped. I hate slow shipping, even when the item is sent within a day of you winning the bid. When buying a video game system, be careful. The best option is usually to buy from a seller who has an ebay shop and seems to have a rather large professional looking ebay listing. These sellers tend to sell hundreds of units and are generally the most reliable sellers of new items like this and used items.

Finally, ALWAYS use Paypal. If a seller does not accept paypal, something is up. It is the simplest and easiest method of paying for an auction won on ebay. It also has a very good dispute resolution process in case an item you pay for is never delivered. The fact that Paypal is owned by ebay makes it even better.

So simply put, avoid sellers with slow shipping, regardless of feedback... it can be deceptive, buy certain items from sellers with good looking listings, and finally ALWAYS use paypal to pay for your purchases.

This site looks like most of the other so called penny auction sites. They promise cheap prices on huge ticket items, however if you even watch the ongoing auctions, you can see that items about to end continuously get rebid on by supposed buyers. Generally speaking these will just be bots the website uses to make sure you don't win any of the auctions for less than what they are worth :p.