Ive never purchased wine on ebay, and was wondering how safe and secure that is? I see alot of great stuff on their everyday. Has anyone had any experience buying on Ebay? Good? Bad? I would be happy to hear any feedback.

Thanks!

Mark

I do a lot of 'ebay' (since 98). I would recco to stay away from any wine offered there. It seems to be a place where sellers seek out fools. Just last week there were two examples of it. I would then tell you that winecommune is somewhat the same premise of auctionering, but much safer, and in the company of like minded buyers and sellers. Which I am both.

I find ebay great for books, camera equiptment, and the like. An informed buyer will almost always do well there.

I agree with mike p. Ebay is a whole lot iffy-er for wine, or any consumable. The main problem in my opinion is provenance. On WineCommune the folks buy and sell only wine, whereas on ebay you get a lot more novices who found some bottle after cleaning out Uncle Charlie's garage, not to mention a lot more scam artists who may only possess a picture of said bottle.

I was also going to say that I would never buy wine on eBay. I hear all kinds of scams going on there. It would be impossible to tell the real from the scams, unfortunately because there are probably some legit wine sellers on there too.

I have seen sellers on ebay that I have dealt with on WC, so it goes both ways. Buy from people that seem professional, not from those that just inherited their dad's cellar and have no idea about wine.

I've bought wine on eBay with mixed results. Got a couple bottles of Grgich that were really nice and go a couple of bottles for really old stuff that was vinegar. [I half expected them to be and they didn't cost much.] One side note on wine on eBay is that it's against the rules of the site to auction it there.

My sole winecommune wine was a scam job as well. I never got the wine despite sending the money. Again, not a lot of dough but wine-commune didn't help as much as they should.

I agree with the issues relating to provenance. It's tremendously important and worth paying for.

Neil

ebay france is the place to shop.