He said "a site you trust".

C'mon, Tony -- I know you're just baiting me, but I can't resist rising to the bait!

I have made perhaps 100 purchases on ebay -- and in only one instance have I been less than satisfied -- a PC motherboard that was DOA.

If you purchase from somebody with 25 or more positive feedbacks, you run very little risk. Everyone I have met on ebay has been very good to me -- possibly because I go into all my ebay transactions from a position of absolute trust. Before the days of PayPal, I routinely sent cash through the mails for my purchases, and never had a problem.

Buy a used laptop on ebay and you'll end up paying maybe a quarter to a third of what you'd pay for a similar computer new. A no-brainer if you ask me.

tanstaafl.