Oh dear no, according to the wide experience on the internet forums, all Chinese components on eBay are 100% crap
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My personal opinion and experience is almost completely the opposite, I buy £20-£30 worth of 'dollar' bits every month and yes, I've had some poor quality capacitors (ceramics) and the resistors I bought are odd values but I've only bought fakes (in the knowledge they would probably be fake) a couple of times.
Personal favourite sellers, I like
Delhanway2009
Fly.top
BuyFlying
One of the Alices referenced in Julian Ilett's youtube videos.
I tend to buy modules or breakout boards for chips, either because I can't buy the chip without signing NDAs or in small quantities and it's worked out really nicely for me so far.
Buy them as a hobbyist, use them and have fun.