I've done business on eBay for close to 8 years now. Only got ripped off or had problems a couple of times. It's as reliable a site as anything else on the 'net. You just need to be intelligent about what you're buying, read auction descriptions thoroughly, and such.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom