eBay
Questions & Answers

Ebay sells nothing. You are dealing with private sellers. Some are good, some are not. The best way to determine this is to check the feedback.
I personally never buy from anyone who has a feedback lower than 90%.
96% is considered bad, by Ebay. Take that with a grain of salt. Ebay management is nuts.

Had a buyer purchase something from our store... the buyer wanted a refund and we agreed-ed but did not want to pay the return shipping for our measurements were correct.the buyer sent us threatening messages demanding the refund and wanted to keep our item. A case was opened and ebay ruled in our favor for the customer did not mail back our item.the case was closed and later on that night ebay marked our store below standard and restricted our sales... we list 2000 a month and ebay restricted our listings to 500.2 sales this month... 163 per month all the other months before this incident. After 20 calls talking to representatives absolutely nothing was resolved! All ebay can say to us is that a bad mistake was made, sorry and nothing can be done to rectify it.To top things off the buyer continued to harass us that even after the case was closed to get her to go away I refunded the money out of my own pocket.The buyer gets to keep the money and keep the item and we are left with a restricted store and a bad mark because of it. I have no respect for ebay... if you can sell your items somewhere else DO IT!

Never buy from a seller with a rating less than 98.9% as you will never get a refund if there is a problem. I will no longer buy from any Chinese seller with less than100 sales as too many of them are scammers. I never buy anything marked as "authentic" because it probably is a copy.

Yes most are, however ask lots of questions. I bought a purse, I knew it was used but I didn't think to ask if it was a smoke free environment. It took months to get that oder out of that purse. This answer is coming from a non smoker. Because the item listed as used the seller would not give me a refund and eBay refused to give me a refund or wouldn't allow me to leave what happened or give a negative review even though I explained that I had asthma. If you got anywhere new that purse it just wreaked of smoke. So all negative reviews are not reflected on the sellers score. Ask questions, ask questions, ask questions!

Yes most are and you check their feedback scores and sellers description of product

Most are!

Depends On Who You Buy From. Some People Have No Scruples, They Will Sell Anything That They Think Will Make Them Money. I NO Longer Sell On eBay. They're A Bunch Of Crooks. I Am Selling Now On Tradesy & Bonanza.

EBay?
It depends on the seller - majority (except China stuff) are authentic but it's your duty as a buyer to ask questions. I only use, buy or sell authentic.

You are welcome to check my store at:

http://www.stores.ebay.com/mdnewsmiami

I've been doing this for some time(12 years next month). HIERARCHY OF SELLER RATINGS: GROUP1.100% sellers with thousands of "SELLS"(No recent neutral transactions nor Very Recent Negatives: Believe it or not, sellers with 100% and ton of sells can also have a negative or negatives). The more positive sells the better. GROUP2.100% Sellers with 150+ "SELLS"(No recent neutral feedbacks). The more positives sells the better. This group typically doesn't have negatives. GROUP3. Then, Recent Feedbacks rule the day if a seller has a lot of them and all positives recently(Last 300 FEEDBACKS). GROUP4. There are some situations where you might want to give almost anyone a shot, if the item is cheap. I WOULD NOT DO OVERSEAS OR ITEMS THAT CAN BE FAKED FOR THOSE FALLING OUTSIDE OF THE 1ST 3 GROUPS, THOUGH. GROUP5. DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY BE THINKING, IF YOU BUY FROM THOSE WITH 100% FEEDBACK THAT HAVE LESS THAN 150 SELLER FEEDBACKS, THEN YOU MAY BE ASKING FOR TROUBLE. It is my theory that these people CAN leave a bad reputation at ebay(duplicate account) or somewhere else behind and seek a brand new start. I was scammed(DID NOT RECEIVE) by someone when I first started at ebay. If you buy from them, then see Group4.
A LAST PIECE OF ADVICE: STAY IN GROUP1 WHEN BUYING LIFE CHANGING AMOUNTS. WHEN IT GETS INTO THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IT REQUIRES A SELLER THAT WOULD NEVER INTENTIONALLY CHEAT YOU. WE'RE TALKING SEVERAL THOUSANDS SELLER FEEDBACKS WITHOUT ERROR. AS THE PRICE GOES DOWN INTO THE HUNDREDS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER GROUP2, AS WELL. IN THE LOW HUNDREDS, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER GROUP3, AS WELL. ALSO, BE NICE, AS SOME SELLERS CAN BE GREAT, MOODY, HAVE A LOT GOING, AND/OR VENGEFUL! PRAY TO THE CHRISTIAN GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT ALL WORKS OUT! I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS GET NOTHING FOR PAYING, THAT YOU WILL DEAL WITH BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE, ETC. WHEN YOU DO IT ANY OTHER WAY, BUT THIS WILL PRETTY MUCH PROVIDE HASSLE FREE EBAY BUYING.

Nothing about eBay is authentic. They don't know anything about the item selling on their site. They do not manage products. They only allow people to sell and buy and they collect all the financial benefits