Nah. Where I live, eBay is a synonym for buying used stuff. I know thats not quite true, but this is how eBay was conceived, and is still perceived around here. We have a more local service for that, which is fine for finding something which doesnt need to be new... But at least a few years ago, there was a clear difference between amazon.de and say willhaben.at :-) Maybe that has changed even more, I wouldn't know. I basically gave up on looking up stuff on amazon.

I think the point is that it didn’t used to be like this, but at some point it changed. Probably due to the addition of the “Marketplace”.

There is a certain level of confidence to be gained from handling a product that lose with online products.