Amazon isn't bad, other than having horrible shipping rates and times.

I have no problems with ebay and use it quite frequently. 99% of my purchases hae been trouble free, and honest. I guess I have been lucky in that regard.

If you look up my account "Knyte6426" you will see that way back I have 1 negitive feedback, and that was because of a simular issue to what Syd discussed. I bought a 2nd Edition Battletech Box Set from a gentleman, who didn't use paypal, and only took money orders. So, I won the auction, and sent a money order the same day. About a week later the package came and everything was fine. I left him positive feedback, and waiting for him to do the same. About two weeks later I get an e-mail from him asking where the Money Order is. I replied that I sent it, and will investigate with my bank. (Who I wisely purchased the money order from.) They checked thier records and saw that the money had been cashed in the same zip code as the address I mailed it too. I had them give me a hardcopy of the record. I e-mailed the gentleman the next day and told him what I found and offered to fax the bank record to him. He replied later that night, that perhaps his wife had cashed it and he didn't realize it. He apologized and that was the last I heard from him.

So problem solved, so I had thought. The next day he gave me negitive feedback and called me a thief.

Fucking asshole.

Since that time, I have never, and will never bid on an auction that doesn't accept paypal, no matter how bad I want the item. And, haven't had any problems since.

But, to this day, I still wonder why he mailed me the package if he never received my money, as he claimed?