Shopping online

I am so skeptical about shopping online. Especially when it comes to Ebay, it can be so deceiving. For example my friend bought a pair of boots from Ebay, that had claimed they were bran new and when she got them they had a stain on the them that she could get out. That would really piss me off. I was also watching MTV's "Sweet Sixteen" and this chick bought her dress for the party off line and it fit in the waist and top part. But it was made for a seven foot tall person and she was like five-two, but she got a Porsche at the end so it was all good. If i was going to buy something off line like clothes or shoes for example i would defiantly want to know what i was getting fit.