"Solution: Never use eBay for anything." That is just plain silly... I'm "paranoid" and don't want to be ripped off $500 or $1000. Biggest I was ever scammed

"Solution: Never use eBay for anything." That is just plain silly... I'm "paranoid" and don't want to be ripped off $500 or $1000. Biggest I was ever scammed was $70 (it's ok, I can stomach that). So I don't use eBay for big transactions which I have no recourse on in case something bad happen (e.g. I'm not a famous blogger so it's unlikely eBay / PayPal would ever help me like they helped OP). But I do still use eBay a lot: - for tiny transactions / items I really want that are cheap (e.g. some cheap but rare to find obsolete hardware I need to fix one of my old-but-cool printers) - for big transactions where I can go to the seller's place to pay in cash and take delivery of the item. Saying "don't use Ebay for anything" doesn't make sense, even if you're paranoid.