How to Purchase on EBay and Not Get Ripped Off!

Whenever you think about buying something from ebay, it helps to know a sellers feedback is.
Use the site http://toolhaus.org/ and put in the sellers name and it will pull up all the sellers bad and neutral feedback.
It costs nothing, You dont sign up for anything. Its been around for years now, I have personally used it for 7 years myself.

Alot of buyers seem to make a mistake of buying from a seller and they try to look at their feedback, but finding the bad stuff is kind of hard to do if they have a ton of feedback. Toolhaus is perfect for this.

A tip to evaluating feedback... Just dont see the number of bad feedback and say "wow he has alot!" Look at the feedback.
Notice what they are and who is saying it.
WHat I pay attention to is shipping comments. I would not want to buy something from a seller that takes 2 weeks to ship the item. That means he is getting it dropshipped to you and has not even seen the merchandise.

You see people talk about high shipping fees. I dont like sellers that charge ALOT extra for shipping fees, BUT if it states $10.00 to ship say a CD to you and the auction is for 99 cents. ANd you get the item, it has 80 cents worth of postage on it. It is wrong to leave bad feedback about high shipping fees. You are being told up front what you are paying so if the shipping and the cost of the item is what you are willing to pay, then why leave bad feedback?

Yes I dont agree with high shipping costs. But if it is explained up front then you shouldnt complain.
I DO hate the sellers that do not tell you shipping costs up front. If it doesnt say what shipping is, then email the seller, if he doesnt answer then do NOT bid on that auction.

A sellers feedback is quite a usefull tool when evaluating a seller.
So many people see a cheap price and just bid without checking, then it causes problems in the long run.