Do you trust ebay?

I am looking tot buy an x box 360 off of ebay. My friend Say's not to do it because he thinks it might not work. If i do get a system that doesn't work, would i be able to get my money back. I just wanna know if it is a good idea to buy it off of ebay

thank you.

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Stores and the feedback system; always try and look for these two things - if it's a store or someone with very positive feedback from a large amount of people; you're in business.

Ebay is all about FEEDBACK.

I don't buy anything off Ebay unless the Seller has atleast 500 Feedback scores, a 95%+ Positive Feedback Rating and no negative feedback in the past 12 months.

My otherwise positive experience with ebay has recently been tarnished when some so called seller not only took my money and didn't send me the game I paid for, but he went on to make an unpaid item claim which let to me getting a strike because I had paid by cheque and had no proof.

Also the feedback system is greatly flawed since most byuers are forced into giving positive feedback in fear of reprimand as the vast majority of sellers do not give feedback until they've seen what you gave them, even if you paid immediately and your part of the deal is done.

On the whole i'd say just use it for things you can't get another way, and not ever for anything very expensive.

It isn't about ebay it is about the seller. I don't think I'd buy expensive hardware off of it. No system at a signifigant discount is likely to be trustworthy. I have bought old games from sellers with large amounts of positve feedback with no issues.

Just remember that the rule "If it is too good to be true, it probabbly is." applies to Ebay as well.