Buying on ebay

I see alot of people here buy on ebay for growing equipment. What precautions do you guys use? I have my normal ebay account, but I shouldnt use that to purchase nutes right?

make sure it says that it says its a private sale but i have bought a ton of shit off ebay as long as it says its private

remember when your buying on eBay to check where your seller is shipping your item from. I bought a digital pH tester and the price was awesome, the specs were awesome, so i bought it...then i noticed it comes from Hong Kong....2 weeks shipping. Also if the seller has less then 50 feedback or a feedback of lower then 96% be cautious buying from these sellers.

Yeah, I always just buy from US. Im just more worried about privacy, and cops eventually getting to it. Im looking at the super plant tonic by BMO, I dont see private buyer or anything. Would i Have to make a brand new account?

I wouldnt worry about all that. I doubt the cops are going to be using your eBay account info to get a search warrant....know what I mean?

You are talking on a public forum about purchasing grow kits, increasing the risk.

I've purchased BMO stuff many times off ebay and have had no issues. As long as your not purchasing enough stuff to start a huge grow op, I think you'll be fine.

a lot of places selling indoor growing stuff from lights to nutes list as a private auction so no one can see what it was you bid on. on another note, ebay is a lot safer than say ordering from a pot magazine like high times. high times mainly has "potheads" order from it so its easy to get blacklisted. cops know who advertises in pot magazines so they can keep an eye on those companies or whatever.. ebay on the other hand would be where any normal indoor gardener would get their stuff for growing strawberries, tomatoes, peppers etc. unless the seller or buyer mentions it will be used to grow pot, ya should be 100% safe.. lots of folks grow indoors now because of the economy/to save some cash. i think its more the affiliation you have than what you are actually ordering.
i know i would feel quite at ease about ordering a few lights and stuff on ebay.
on the other hand, you couldn't pay me to order supplies from a high times, cannabis culture or other pot magazine just for the fact if you are ordering from them, you are probably doing it to grow pot..