It took a while but I knew you would eventually come around to my way of thinking. :laugh:
No seriously, for something like my main station rig I would buy NEW from a store. A REAL store with a physical address made of brick and mortar not an internet storefront. I may order online but it will be from a real store. I have bought on Ebay and even qrz.com before but not before Googling the username and anything else I can about the seller. If something looks fishy I don't do the deal with them. So far my few Ebay and qrz.com purchases were all very well handled and I was treated quite well by the sellers but I did my homework first.