I recently got into buying stuff on eBay, and I have to tell you, my experience has been mixed. Some of the people I have bough from have been great sellers, shipping product immediately and at reasonable prices, others are borderline scam artist. I bought a 1 GB Memory card for about $25, the guy charged $15 bucks to mail it to my Miami forwarding address and it took nearly two weeks. He claimed all merchandise was shipped the same day it is paid for, via USPS First Class Mail. Anyone want to explain to me how something that weighs a little more than a letter, requires $15 to mail regular old US Mail, and takes 12 days?

Then there is the guy I bought a cell phone from. (I am looking for a contact in the US to buy Smart Phones from at a discount, and was trying a few folks). This guy promises me that the unit will ship last Friday... As of today, it still had not shipped. His last email to me, last night... promised it would ship today, and that I would get a tracking number... So far nothing.

eBay represents a way to get some serious discounts on products I would buy here, even with the shipping cost from Miami and the taxes, but jeez it is stressful dealing with some of these people.

In the interim, if any of you out there have any connections on unlocked GSM Tri-Band Smartphones like the Treo 650 of HP 6515, hit me up, we might be able to do business...

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