How trustworthy are sites like Ebay, Amazon etc?

[The Stranger]

do i have to remind you of the origin of this recent recession?

[edyzmedieval]

Shoot Madoff, then his other acolytes. They are the cause.

[Beskar]

do i have to remind you of the origin of this recent recession?

Banks who offer mortages for crumbling broken down houses to jobless people in America which they could not repay and the values of the houses sharply declining due to being in a bad state, also known as the subprime market. Then all these massives of debts are then packaged together as "structured investment desposits" then sold by American banks to all the other banks of the world paying over-inflated prices for what they were really worth and when the world realised what happened and that the banks actually had no money at all, it caused a number of them to crash, the loans dried up, no body could borrow any money to buy anything, thus the economy suffered as there was no demand and surplus supply, etc etc.


So what does this have to do with anything with Amazon?

[Husar]

do i have to remind you of the origin of this recent recession?

If you're always weary about established business,do you ask you mom whether the supermarket can be trusted before going there? After all by the time you find out they sold you plastic apples, it might be an empty building with all the scammers gone.

I was just surprised that you didn't even know Amazon is trustworthy. It's one of if not the most famous online shop.

[Ja'chyra]

I've used both sites at least 50 times each over the years and have had no problems that a quick e-mail or checking to see if the neighbours had taken my package in didn't sort.

Also have a look at play.com if you're in the UK, free delivery on everything.

[Husar]

play.com also has free delivery to Europe, just the prices are a tiny bit higher, usually still way below european average though. Same for dvd.co.uk who actually deliver faster to me(and are sometimes cheaper than play.com, despite the 1.15€ delivery fee outside the UK), I think because they ship from Switzerland as well. Haven't had any problems with either shop so far, though Royal Mail seems a bit...slow.

[Ja'chyra]

There you go, if Hus says it then its true.

[CrossLOPER]

Amazon: Don't buy from non-Amazon featured sellers unless they have at least a 95% approval rating.

ebay: Pretty much the same rule.

I have never had a problem with either. Some of the sellers take forever to send stuff. Amazon sends their things REALLY fast, even around the holidays. I don't understand why some people hate ebay so much.

[Beskar]

ebay: Pretty much the same rule.

Also other Ebay rules -
Never buy anything electrical, it never works.
If the only picture of an item is the box, what you are going to get is the box.

Yeah, I don't like Ebay because it is full of con-artists. Never go near it.

[The Stranger]

If you're always weary about established business,do you ask you mom whether the supermarket can be trusted before going there? After all by the time you find out they sold you plastic apples, it might be an empty building with all the scammers gone.

I was just surprised that you didn't even know Amazon is trustworthy. It's one of if not the most famous online shop.

im not always weary about established business. i just never really used online shopping before, i didnt know the way amazon worked, so thats why i asked. you dont have to go all sarcastic up my ass.

its not like its the most important piece of info every person should know about.

[Husar]

im not always weary about established business. i just never really used online shopping before, i didnt know the way amazon worked, so thats why i asked. you dont have to go all sarcastic up my ass.

its not like its the most important piece of info every person should know about.

Heh, I didn't want to insult you, it just surprised me because you're young and post a lot, so I expected you to be more....at home on the internet.

And yes, it's important information, or why exactly did you ask?

[The Stranger]

Heh, I didn't want to insult you, it just surprised me because you're young and post a lot, so I expected you to be more....at home on the internet.

And yes, it's important information, or why exactly did you ask?

im not insulted :) dont worry.

most of my posts are from a few years back... lot of spamming. i never really bought anything online, enough shops where i live.

nvrmind. its allright

ps based on what beskar says my questions about ebay are pretty valid

ty anyway for the tips

[Forward Observer]

I have been buying a wide variety of items on EBay for over 3 years and many of them games for
the PC and the PS 3. I have never had a problem and have always beat any price I could find elsewhere
on line.

All one has to do is look at the seller's feedback. If they have 200 or more sales with 98% or better positive feedback, one is just about as safe as with any on-line vendor.

I have bought 1 or 2 used PS 3 games, but all of the rest have been brand new factory sealed games. Some of the same seller associates you find at Amazon also sell on EBay, but many time at a better price.

I just got Resistance 2 for the PS 3 brand new for $24 delivered. The best I found with one of the Amazon associates at the same time was $27 plus $4 to ship.

If one uses Paypal they have a buyer protection program with Ebay since Paypal is owned by EBay anyway.

[The Stranger]

so if i would buy the game from this link http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Total...1425695&sr=1-4

i would get the full NTW game for just 40 dollars?