I want to buy soemthing of ebay

Another question :D . I'm thinking about buying something of ebay but I have never bought anything of there and a bit wary because I'm not sure how it works. How do you make sure you get what you ordered how does payment work & what's to stop someone from saying they did not get something when they actual did and there for not having to pay for it etc etc.

EBay uses Paypal.

Is paypal safe?

I just recently got it. See the Lunarsoft Support/Donations. I got a business account and personal as well. Nothing is linked to my personal accounts (yet) but so far so good.

How can I make sure that I don't pay for something that I don't receive, i.e. handing cash over but not receiving the product.

Report to ebay any problems.

Pay by cheque, then if they don't send the goods you can always go and pay them a visit :P

Use an escrow service, that's what they're for.