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In the early days of ebay (before 2000), you could find a lot of great deals there. Most of the people selling train items were hobbiest. In the last few years, the number of 'professional' sellers has greatly increased. Most professional sellers are trying to sell items at prices that I could meet or beat at my LHS (local hobby shop). I am finding it is harder to find hobbiest who are willing to give a good deal. As for trusting ebay buyers and sellers. In the nearly 5 years of trading on ebay, I have only been burned once by a seller. I have had a few dead bead buyers, but they are pretty easy to deal with. I have completed about 60 transaction over with the lowest being about $5 to as much as $800. I will continue to use ebay, but I wi***here was an easier way to get through all the garbage listing placed by professionals, and to find all the listings placed by hobbiest. --C. alan
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