# how safe is ebay

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-safe-is-ebay/108233>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [August 4, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-safe-is-ebay/108233 "2007-08-04T15:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![schwiin\_27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schwiin\_27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schwiin_27)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-safe-is-ebay/108233/1 "2007-08-04T15:58:57Z")

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[http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230157963677&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:CA:1](http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230157963677&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:CA:1)  
gt 28rs turbo for a ca18det application…  
for half the price of a garret how safe is it, any feedback?

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**Author:** ![BAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bas/32/5540_2.png) [@BAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BAS)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-safe-is-ebay/108233/2 "2007-08-04T16:57:18Z")

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chinese knock off… ‘you pays your money and takes your chance’s’, that’s about it. if a turbo is 1/2 the price it should be… new, it’s not a great leap in logic to assume that corners somewhere have been cut… hard.

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**Author:** ![drifft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@drifft](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drifft)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-safe-is-ebay/108233/3 "2007-08-04T21:22:59Z")

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if you buy the real shit it is safe of course… i buy from ebay all the time with no problems, just make shure you know exactly what you want and what brand ect…

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**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-safe-is-ebay/108233/4 "2007-08-05T06:28:50Z")

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Dude, don’t buy that. Spend an extra $800 and get the real thing.