I have a hard time to understand why buyers are (still) using ebay? Everything is available from Amazon from serious vendors for the same price. Also I can ship the goods to any name/address I wish, use different (international/domestic) credit cards that are not even under my name etc.

Paypal on the other does not even let me ship the goods to a different address unless I have at least x transactions, keeps on restricting my account when I log in from outside the US, etc.

Thank you.

people get cheaper deal in ebay auctions I guess! & it's fun!

The part of the problem, at least for me - is that I have a big problem with amazon raping their affiliates and publishers. Mind you, it's from a few years back - I wanted to publish a book and they offered peanuts to me and to affiliates and kept something like 75% of the proceeds...kind of reminds me of banks?

People expect dirt cheap on Egay or they will go elsehwere. Like a Flee market. Trouble is you attract many "trailer trash types"

Based on my experience, Ebay ends up being about 10% cheaper than Amazon. You have to deal with individual sellers, but that's where feedback comes in. Ebay also has a lot of used goods and for certain items, it doesn't matter whether they are used. I personally prefer Ebay to pretty much anywhere else. They have a good buyer protection policy and as long as you know how to check if a seller is honest, you shouldn't have problems.

For people like me that collect old video games, Ebay is one of the best chances to get some rare gems.
But yeah for brand new items I usually go elsewhere.

Well, I don't like Paypal either but due to the nature of my business I always tend to have "excess" money in my Paypal account. So Ebay is a good way of spending those funds.

Hm interesting. What you guys see as fun (bidding, checking sellers rating, dealing with individual sellers) is a hassle for me. So I pretty much stopped using ebay and go directly to Amazon (or to whatever seller from google shopping that has the lowest price).
Amazon has been extremely generous in the past and offered an excellent service (reply to emails within hours). On the other side, I'm not even able to contact most ebay sellers.
For used/niche products, ebay is probably still king.