You also get seller protection on ebay too.
I'm a relatively new forum member. I joined when I was looking for an upgrade, but due to the rules, I had to wait and I got stuck into the forum, reading, posting, commenting, which was all good. No problems with that.
When I eventually got access to the classifieds, I found what I wanted, agreed a deal and paid. However at that point, your money has been handed over to a stranger. I heard nothing for a while, then I got stories of delays, forgetting, a work trip and so on. After a week I got very worried. There is no protection as a buyer. You send your money, that's it. Twice the seller insisted that it had been sent and it had still not turned up. It did eventually turn up, about 2 weeks late, having only been posted the day before from a post office 4 miles from my house! I was really cross, I had already offered to come to his house and collect it, I would have quite happily driven the 4 miles to meet him at that post office.
So, yes you *hope* that the people posting on here are enthusiasts and will be trustworthy types, but you don't know and since there's no protection (unlike ebay,
MPB, Wex) it's still a risk.
I'm now looking to do another upgrade and this time will be wanting to sell a couple of items to pay for it, but wondering if I'd be better off selling on ebay rather than here.....anyone after a 60D ?