I've never bought a faucet before. I'm pricing one Delta faucet in particular and I can find it for substantial savings (around 45% off even other e-tailers) on ebay. Tempting to say the least. I don't mind buying on ebay, but I hate dealing with ebay returns.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the sellers, they appear to be reputable with thousands of positive ratings. My main question is: are faucets the kind of things that often come from the manufacturer with problems and need to be exchanged? I may not be installing it for over 45 days - past the return time for many sellers.

I don't want to deal with returning something if a part is bent or whatever. Thanks for any help you can provide!