Advice - not paid as postage not combined as stated

pinkshoes

"Off eBay" isn't correct but is accepted as colloquial or regional dialogue.

At least it didn't say "they brought it of eBay"!

Flyonthewall

pinkshoes wrote: »

"Off eBay" isn't correct but is accepted as colloquial or regional dialogue.

At least it didn't say "they brought it of eBay"!

Yeah lol.

I think it's best to say all are fine to use to save future confusion. As they can see from the other posts, from is best to use, but the others do still make sense.

Plus Americans tend to say off (or off of) so if they're looking at any American sites it will hopefully make more sense to them.

theonlywayisup

Flyonthewall wrote: »

But you can use all four and it makes sense even if it's not correct English. The item is taken off the website when you buy it as that specific item is no longer available so it's not like it's completely wrong to say that.

I will also point out that I was really tired when typing that so correct English vs. what's often said didn't really cross my mind lol.

Only if you are English. This is my point. It does not make sense to those that aren't native English speakers.

Flyonthewall

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Only if you are English. This is my point. It does not make sense to those that aren't native English speakers.

Or American. But if you are trying to learn the English way then you need to understand that that is what a lot of people say. If you are only going to ever learn the correct English you're going to have a hard time understanding 90% of what is written in English/American on the Internet.

For the sake of that statement and question, I agree, from is the correct term to use, but you could also say via as ebay does not sell items diectly.