I still buy a lot of stuff on eBay and for the most part things go rather smoothly, but one thing that still kind of gets my goat is that sellers don't seem to realize that there's a difference between creating a label and shipping an item. Many times I've checked and found that the label has been created, but then it takes them three or four days to actually get the item to the shipping carrier. Not long ago I ordered a CD and in between the time he created the label and the time tracking said it had been accepted by the carrier was more than three weeks. I ended up buying the CD from a different supplier and told the guy in Russia that I just wanted my money back. About a month later the CD from Russia showed up and I got an email from the guy asking me to pay for it. I told him how I had already purchased the item from another source and didn't need this one anymore because he had been so slow to ship, and if he wanted it back I had no problem with that, but he would have to pay return shipping. I never heard from him again. But even with all its flaws, eBay still has the best prices and selection on a lot of things that I like for my hobbies, both tanks and, more recently, slot cars. So I'll just keep using eBay, and do my best to enjoy venting when they get it wrong.