How to judge a ebay seller.
1) Look at the seller sales record - at least over 40 sales.
2) Check his transaction - look at the buyers.
Check where they are from .... your case look ok , got buyer from
germany...also and other countries , not from taiwan only. that is
good.
3) check his previous sales - check how the bidding goes - You will
see if this is an honest seller . Why, if you keep seening a few
same bidder that comes in to jack up the price .... than better be
careful - as he may be using a few ids to jack up his price, if you
bid. Then you better be prepare to pay more for it.
4) Look at his good listing. Why .... the moment you put up things
for sales on ebay .... unless there is a special promotion offer
free listing...., the seller would have to incurred money to list
on ebay already... If this seller have a good size of items listed
that mean he has already committed money into ebay .... which mean
make no sense of him running off with your item, as it will be like
paying $100 to try to cheat you out of $300.