The elephant in the room is this: ebay is all but impossible to use for big ticket items. I tried to sell a camera (>$1000) and after two months of agony and s

The elephant in the room is this: ebay is all but impossible to use for big ticket items. I tried to sell a camera (>$1000) and after two months of agony and several failed auctions, I pulled out of ebay and immediately sold it on craigslist. Why? Fraud. The first time, I didn't set the option to only sell to established users. I got bids from people with minutes-old accounts that I knew were fraudsters waiting for the end of the auction. Sure enough, they tried to pull a scam and I contacted ebay. After weeks they ended up locking that account. I relisted and the same buyer bid, even though I really cranked up the safety controls that an ebay customer support rep told me to use. The winning bidder? Account created 5 minutes before. I called ebay, said the email I got from the winner was a carbon copy of the first, fraudulent bidder's email.... it still took weeks while I waited for the auction to be voided. The total time I lost was well over a month. On Craigslist, I definitely got a bunch of scammers, but they had no power over me. I just ignored their emails and waited for someone serious, which didn't take but a few days and we finished the deal at a local bank. We were both happy with the transaction. I will NEVER use ebay to sell again.