I check Ebay before I buy in stores anymore. For one thing, the stores probably won’t have what I need because they have such stale inventories. Second, I usually find Ebay is 10:1 or even 50:1 on most items. That $50 dollar watch my wife liked for “junk jewelry”, $4 delivered on Ebay. Exact same watch the store was selling for $50.
Try going to Radio Shack or Best Buy and buying a small AM/FM radio; $20, $40, even $75. Only $5 delivered on Ebay for a product the stores don’t even carry.
It isn’t even worth the gas money to go to stores anymore.
I buy certain items on ebay for the same reason. And most of the sellers ship really fast now.