Archive for the 'Buying' Category
Although eBay offers plenty of bargains, there are also quite a few sellers out to try and scam you. If you want to avoid being scammed read through this checklist and save yourself time and aggravation. A bit of due diligence will help you avoid eBay scams.
The irony of eBay is that as it grows to be ever more successful, it draws the unsavoury element of the internet towards it. I’m talking about people who make it their business to attempt to defraud you and I in our eBay and PayPal transactions. Of course, not all dodgy dealings on eBay are fraudulent. Some are just mischievous. Others are by chancers, who perhaps reckon their victims won’t be bothered to pursue them.
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26 Tips on How to be Safe in Your eBay Selling and Buying
eBay offers quite a few simple tools to help make your buying easier, so you don’t lose track of what you’re doing. Most of them are on the ‘My eBay’ screen – if you’re logged in, you can go there just by clicking ‘My eBay’ on the toolbar at the top of any eBay page.
With more than 167 million registered users eBay is the largest market-place in the world. Tens of thousands of items are listed every day and the vast majority of these don’t contain any spelling mistakes. But a significant proportion do, either in the item title or the description.
Now I’m sure you’re thinking ’so what, why does this matter ?’ Well the answer is surprisingly simple - these mis-spelled auction items cannot be found directly using eBay’s built-in search functions. To find them, you’ll need to browse the category listings by hand, which is tedious and extremely time-consuming. As a result mis-spelled auctions get fewer bids and usually sell for less (if they sell at all).
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How to Strike eBay Gold by Hunting Out Mis-spelled Auction Items
It’s happened to the best of us. You’ve been watching the auction all week, and finally you’re about to claim your prize–a rare bronze statue from the Shang Dy dynasty. Or something just as tantalizing. You log on a few minutes before the auction closes, and confirm that you’re still the top bidder — no one has challenged you in several days. You’re already picturing “your” statue prominently displayed on the living room mantelpiece, your friends green with envy as you tell them about the great deal you got on eBay. You refresh the page a few times, to make sure you’re still #1. You even up your bid a little just to make sure no body tries to outbid you at the last minute.
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Overcoming the most Frustrating Situation on eBay
