Comments on: 8 Tips to Buy Makeup on Ebay Safely (And Avoid Fakes)

By: Gio

Gio — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:20:27 +0000

In reply to Sade Adedeji. Sade, thanks for sharing. That's a wonderful tip indeed. You can never be too safe, can you?

By: Sade Adedeji

Sade Adedeji — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:12:51 +0000

In reply to Jess. Using a spray bottle with some rubbing alcohol in it! I've just ordered some spray bottles and 71& isopropyl alcohol to cleanse my palettes x

By: Gio

Gio — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 18:00:11 +0000

In reply to Jane. Jane, I know how frustrating it is to be a teen with an obsession with makeup and little money to buy it. But I wouldn't risk it. To be that cheap, there's probably something iffy about them. Better save what money you can and buy a cheap eyeliner from the drugstore. At least you know it's legit.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:09:18 +0000

I am a 15 year old girl obsessed with make up and as I buy lots of things from eBay, I wanted to buy make up products too. So as I first searched for eyeliners, I found them for 0.11$ and thought “I could try buying this. Even if it doesn’t come, I’ll lose so little money it’s almost ridiculous.” But then, I realised they could put God knows what kind of paint in and sell it as eyeliner. I don’t exactly have money to spend on those expensive eyeliners, and this seems like a good deal. I’m really not sure how legit those cheap products are.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:39:13 +0000

In reply to Viv in the UK. Viv in the UK, I'm so sorry you had such a horrible experience! I love ebay and you can get some great bargains on there, but unfortunately there are also a lot of scammers that sell fake items. A lot of MAC stuff on there is fake and if one isn't very familiar with the brand is easily to get conned. Ebay should really do something about it to protect buyers imo. But for them to ask you to get an expert to say the item is fake is absurd! I mean, you just have to google the set to find out MAC never released it! What more proof do they want?! I do hope these tips will help you in the future and you will have more positive experiences on ebay.

By: Viv in the UK

Viv in the UK — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:52:52 +0000

Great tips – and so useful. Googling the product first would have saved me some pennies. I got stung recently – bought a set of Mac Hello Kitty Lipglasses from a dealer in Malaysia. They sent a message saying if I left good feedback in the next six hours or so they would include a freebie. Like a total idiot I left great feedback….duh 🙁 Well, by the time I received them I’d learnt that there weren’t even twelve(!) different Hello Kitty lipglosses, and I’d been truly conned. I opened a case on ebay, and was told to send parcel back – did so (by tracked international – not cheap!), for it to be refused in Malaysia, and returned to me. In the end I closed the case, as ebay wanted an ‘expert’ to say the item was fake! I had previously said that any cash I got back could go to a Paypal nominated charity, so it wasn’t for the cash! But to go to London to get a Mac expert to say they were fake was more expense than I was prepared, as the train fare etc would have been more than the cost of the lipglasses! So buyer BEWARE. (This said – at length, I am sorry!, I have had good bargains, and this was my first bad experience.)