i,ve heard so many detectorists saying bad stuff about ebay .
i,ve used it over ten years ,buying and selling .
95% of my experiences have been great . wish i could say that regarding detecting purchase/sales ,more like 50%
my biggest problems have always come from buying detectors
seems theres a high percentage of detectorists who are happy to lie through thier teeth about condition/functionality ,or just say nothing about a issue ,thinking less said,better price.
but like has been stated ebay will always look after the buyer .
thats ok till you sell a machine and they claim it doesnt work on the 13th day of your 14 day return policy
try before you buy merchants . so it comes back with a broken battery wire that you have to repair and your down your postage ,but at least you got off light . they can trash your machine and say it came that way .
sadly ebay selling can be a worse nightmare world than buying .