The most famous and popular of the auction sites, eBay deserves its renown because of the astonishing number of items for sale, the large community that's been attracted to it, and a very well-implemented set of features. We also found that eBay frequently will have more than one of an item that other sites don't have at all. The site does provide some built-in safeguards, which are better than those of its competitors. It's the only site that won't let you register with a free e-mail account, such as Hotmail, unless you're willing to back that up with a credit card. Around the time you read this, eBay will also have a verified user program.
All participants are traceable and therefore legally accountable.
It's also organized by date, so you can gauge recent performance as well. And eBay is the only site that links you to comments about the people making comments, which is a nifty extra. This is where you can find the real bargains.