Have you ever bought a iphone off ebay, Should I?

I wanted to buy an Iphone 4S off ebay for 422 dollars including shsipping. It has a clean esn and is in excellent condition and comes with everything although the phone is used for about 4 months. It still has warranty till Sept 2013. The seller is also including 4 cases. This seller has excellent feedback.

However I'm still indecisive and scared to buy off ebay. I could just buy the phone brand new for 449 free shipping and I get to keep my phone insurance as its prepaid with Virgin Mobile. The difference in price is not much. If I buy it new ill get to keep my insurance, have a year worth of warranty instead of 7 with the used phone, and I can return it if anything is wrong or I don't like it. Have you guys ever bought a iphone off ebay what's the better deal? I really like the 4 cases that come with the used phone it comes with box, charger, earphones n everything. But i don't know?

I got my used iPhone 4 on eBay for 220 and it works fine but I have heard horror stories about people buying products from eBay and amazon. Just know their return policy.

Well, here is a used one on eBay that is supposed to be in excellent condition for about $331 delivered:

http://www.ebay.com/...1160172802

So, if you give the used route, look around a bit before buying.

There are 3952 results right now on eBay for "iPhone 4s" in the Cell Phones & Smartphones category, priced from least to most expensive:

http://www.ebay.com/...4S&_sop=15

If none of those results suit you, and you can't find what you want anywhere else, you could go to ebuyersedge.com and set up a saved search for "iPhone 4s" or whatever it is that you want your keyword or phrase to be. You'd get an e-mail whenever a new match is listed on eBay. You can use the price, category, etc.filters to narrow down the results that you receive in the e-mails.

If you find what you want listed in auction format, use a sniping site like hidbid.com to bid for you.It'll bid in the last few seconds of an auction, helping to save you money and avoid shill bidding.

If you want to buy from Ebay, make sure that you choose a Powerseller with a huge range of phones and lots of positive feedback. This way you can avoid the scammers. I have heard of people winning FREE phones online. Might be worth a try!