I will not lie. Prior to this year I believed E-Bay to be some sort of weird-partial scam. Being a native New Yorker and inclined to skepticism I did not understand how people could create transactions with no face to face verification. The whole thing seemed like a bizarre trust cycle amongst suburbans that I did not want to get involved with- positive that I would be tricked and pay for something that never came.
I will now secretly admit that I have bid on a few items and they arrived in perfect condition. A leather bag that is really beautiful and has received more complements than bags that I paid full price for. Computer software at half the price that is exactly what I hoped for: brand new and functioning brilliantly.
I don’t really know how I have lucked out but perhaps this system is not a conspiracy to cheat people out of their money… Maybe it is a genius idea. It is worth a shot, for items that you want but don’t want to splurge on could arrive at your door for much less…