When you buy something from other eBay member, you are giving them your money and hoping that you will get something in return. However, regardless of the many guarantees of safety eBay might make (and they are really serious about it), nothing is certain! So, if we just give our money to scammers all the time without doing any checks then the chances are we won’t get all of that money back.
That’s why you should always check the seller’s reputation, or ‘feedback rating’. This is a quick and easy-to-read summary …