Ebay can be great and it can suck.. The main thing is to watch out for shipping costs. It reallys sucks to buy a 20 dollar item for 10 dollars and pay 30 for shipping and trust me there are tons of people trying to do it.. I recently bought a refractometer off of ebay for like 30 bones shipped. that wasnt too bad.. and today my wife bought a couple of bambi figures and a bambi plant holder.. also beer books... you can find some for a steal..