E-bay DVD's?

Question

will I get a quality DVD even if it is selling at a low price?

How much of a factor are the customer ratings?

anything you can tell me about buying a DVD on E-bay would be helpful

Answer 1

Wow I can't believe how paranoid the other answerer was. Let me tell you about my experiences with eBay. I've been a member since 1999 and have completed about 85 auctions (mostly buys, a few sells.) I've bought everything from video games, to movie dvds, cloths, speakers, and mp3 players and have never been ripped off once. eBay is a fairly safe way to buy things and can net you some really good deals. You'll be ok as long as you follow a few simple rules:

1.) ALWAYS read the entire auction before bidding, sometimes people feel they got ripped off when really they just looked at the picture and the price and failed to read the details about what your getting, the condition of the item, shipping costs, etc..

2.) ALWAYS look at the sellers user feedback, this is a big indication of whether your more likely to have a good experience or a bad experience. Take note of how many people have rated them, and how many of those comments are positive and negative. If someone has hundreds or even thousands of completed auctions and received lots of  positive feedback and very few if any negative comments,  you can safely say its very unlikely that things wont work out. That said, I've bought things from power sellers with over 5000 completed auctions and I've bought things from sellers with very little feedback (everyone's got to start somewhere, I just wouldn't buy anything to expensive from a new seller.) Not once have I been ripped off, same is true of the many friends I have that use eBay frequently.

3.) Go and get yourself a free PayPal account that you will link to a bank account or credit card and use to pay for everything you buy on eBay. This is free because PayPal makes money by charging the seller a fee to accept PayPal payments (not you.) PayPal offers buyers all kinds of protection if things do go bad so that you can get your money back (check out paypal.com for details.) For even more protection, link a credit card to the paypal account instead of a bank account. This is because credit card companies offer tons of fraud protection to their customers (surprisingly more then banks do), if you get ripped off you can simply call the credit card company and request a charge back if it comes down to it.

On that note, eBay strictly prohibits selling pirated goods on their site (including copies of dvd movies.) Should you get a bootleg, you can get your money back very easily. The same is true if you find the disc is scratched very badly (as long as the auction did not disclose the condition of the disk in the description)

So if your thinking of getting into eBay, go for it! You'll find its a lot of fun, you can find some great deals and also find a lot of cool stuff you might not be able to find anywhere else. I've found people on eBay are generally good and want to do right by their buyers. There's always a chance things can go wrong, but rarely will you find yourself without any chance of getting your money back.

Buying something fairly cheap like a dvd is a great way to get started buying stuff from eBay and learning the ropes! Good luck!

Answer 2

well i would not try it. when you use Ebay it is a gamble with your bank account. people have been getting hacked on Ebay alot, and if your pin is let into the wrong hands it could ruin your life. so i wouldn't risk it, also my friend bought a DVD from ebay about a year ago. she bought the "other sister" a week later she got the case, but she never got the DVD itself. she kept messaging the Ebayer, but sadly she was scammed 15 dollars.