Since I'm still new to straight razor shaving I still nick my strop now and then, which already has been badly nicked several times and thus preventing a smooth stropping.

I was looking on eBay and came across several cheap strops that I was thinking that I might use as an replacement until I get better and don't nick it anymore and then invest in a better one.

How are the cheap eBay strops? Should I just stay as far away as possible or are they decent? Was thinking on either one of these for example:
Strop one
Strop two