To buy or not to buy on eBay?

[bjavor]

I absolutely in love with the Silver Snoopy limited edition. (I imagine a lot of people share that emotion.) I've tried to reserve one in may, but I was told that I'm way to late to the party... :(

Now that the watch is actually out there may (hopefully) be a chance of them showing up on eBay every now or then. And it seems to be that unfortunately that might be the only option if I really wanted one... In fact there are some right now, but the asking prices are totally crazy.

But setting aside the price question for the moment, would you consider buying one on eBay? Or is that playing russian roulette with a whole lot of money? What kind of precautions (if any) could one take to avoid fakes and other scams? (Especially considering that I'm located in Switzerland, so any of the watches being offered in my neighbourhood is rather slim...)