We get quite a lot of goods etc from ebay.It works out a lot cheaper than the equivelant here and having delivered is no problem to most ebay firms.
We give our full address and phone numbers to the seller and this is passed on to the courier.They usually call from the village if it's their first delivery and usually meet them at the bank.No problem.Try to make sure the seller uses a proper courier and not Correos (we've lost quite a few items through correos but nothing using DHL,UPS or Spanish equivelent etc etc as they have trackers)