Wayne Boatwright
In my reply to Dee, I mentioned our experience with ebay has been rather good with the exception of one negative experience. That was one more than I really needed!
We have a high feedback with a good rating. Personally, I won't do business with a seller that has a feedback under 99% and I always check feedback before bidding. That is still no guarantee.
My rule of thumb is not to bid unless I'm prepared to loose that money. I insure most of the items I buy but some smaller, inexpensive things I don't. I use Pay Pal most of the time and once in awhile money order. When I'm the seller, I always use a tracking number and buyer can only pay by Pay Pal. Insurance is optional but on something I sell, it is mandatory. I'm also picking about who I will sell to. If the buyer has a feedback of under 10 or a poor rating, their bid is pulled and they are added to my blocked bidder list. For this reason, our terms are clearly stated in our ads. We might get fewer bidders this way but we also get less problems :)
I thought it was dusty looking likely from shipping. It probably cleaned up nicely.
