Re: eBAY....
I rarely use since they do not have reviews by those who purchase the product.
Amazon & WalMart, to their credit, allows reviews.
Finally, I have this suspicion that the goods on eBAY are not original but knock-offs.
In the early 2000s, ebay was THE place to go for hard to find items. Their sellers (auctions) were more geared toward second hand/used items, and I don’t think they ever overcame that perception even though they set up “Buy it now” and shop style selling.
Both Walmart and E-bay were poised in the early 2000’s to become the greatest online retailers in the world, but missed their boat and let some online bookstore take the mantle. Walmart already had the distribution centers, logistics experience, and their own product too but failed to exploit the online market. Ebay already have a very strong online niche, but got in bed with paypal which limited purchasing avenues aand never shifted successfully to shopping cart style buying.
I’ve never had a problem with ebay. I order everything for my boat off there. Just ordered replacement valves for my head from there. When we redid the exterior and interior of the boat about 3 years ago everything came from ebay. From the plexiglass I used to replace old port lights with dead lights to the wallpaper for the Saloon. I ordered the boat material from someone who had got it from a shipyard to redo the salon seating. I recently replaced a faucet in the vberth sink with one off ebay. They’re very handy for what we need. I also order some of the strange herbs I take from ebay.