I buy and sell on Ebay all the time. My 10C was bought on Ebay, saved be about $100 from Towers price. It was NIB as advertised. I've bought over four dozenservos and probably six or eight recivers as well as batteries onEbay. All way below what I could get them for any place else. I buy water filters for the frig and towner for my printer, ink for my printers, you name it. Many brick and mortar retailers sell on Ebay. If you pay attention to the ratings of the seller and not just the numbers, but read the comments, espically if there is a negative, you will be OK. It's the guys with a 80% positive with only 10 feedbacks that you shy away from. Same with the guy that has been a member since yesterday. If you stick to established sellers with reasnably good feedbacks, your chances of getting stung are minimal. As for selling, I treat my buyers like I want to be treated. I'm not a big time seller, or buyer, but I've only had one complaint and that was because the guy didn't like the content of a book he bought. I've had shipments go bad. Fedex crushed a display case and sent it back to me without explanation. Irefunded the buyers money before he contacted me and told him what happened. Another time, I tried the fixed rate envlopes and it broke open and spilled the contents out. The buyer got his package, but it was empty. Irefunded him fully as I had not packaged it well. I got a positive feedback from both. Stuff happens. However, when you receive something like the box of scrap wood that is susposed to be a kit, start raising hell until you get a resolution. And don't forget the feed back. It may not help you, but will otheres later.

Don