You guys sum up the way I feel about ebay...a necessary evil to me! I'm thankful to ebay as it helped me complete my MTMTE cast and whatever I can't get in Asia.
I did much better as a buyer before ebay. I remeber passing on MIB Soundwave for 50 bucks in early 90s. Course it might have been cause I was a teenager and 50 bucks was a lot of money to me then.
Ebay and the internet are both a blessing and curse. Had the internet not appeared I know for a fact I wouldn't be collecting at all.