Posts Tagged ‘buying on eBay’

an eBay tool to check out

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Here is a link to an EBay tool that is being tested right now that looks as though it has a lot of potential to help you get some good deals on eBay:

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Tips for Buying on eBay, Getting Deals on eBay, Part 7 - Using an eBay Auction Sniper Service

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

You’ve found an item that you want to bid on. Instead of placing a bid right away, I strongly recommend that you use a sniping service such as Hidbid.com, to place your bid for you.
What is eBay sniping, what are the benefits of sniping, and what is a sniping service? (more…)

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Tips for Buying on eBay, Getting Deals on eBay, Part 6 - Searching eBay, Deal Making

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Okay, you’ve found an item that you want, analyzed the listing, asked and received a response to any question(s) that you have, and everything looks good.
Let me sort of step back for a minute and add a couple things that I skipped over in previous articles. (more…)

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Tips for Buying on eBay, Getting Deals on eBay, Part 5 Contacting Sellers, A Trick

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Okay, in the last article we covered what things to look at when you find an item that you may be interested in bidding on. Such as:
1. Closely reading the item description to know the condition of the item.
2. Look for a refund policy.
3. Check out the feedback of the seller.
4. Item’s availability to you.
5. Shipping cost and insurance.
6. What forms of payment the seller accepts.
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Tips for Buying on eBay, Getting Deals on eBay, Part 4 Searching eBay, Evaluating a Listing

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Okay, now you are ready to start searching for and buying items that you actually want on eBay.
I am assuming that you know how to do a search on eBay since we’ve already went through how to do an advanced search.
Just type in the keyword(s) for the item that you’re looking for. If there are many listings for your search, you can add words to it to get more specific and narrow down the listing results that are shown. (more…)

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Tips for Buying on eBay, Getting Deals on eBay, Part 3 Spoof Emails, Sending Messages

Friday, December 28th, 2007

In the last article we covered using PayPal to pay for items and how to build up your feedback rating very quickly.
If you read it, you may have a question such as:
“Why do sellers list items for such a low price, losing money with each item that they list this way?” (more…)

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Hello and Welcome Sharing EBay Buying and Selling (etc.) Info Is the Idea

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

I plan to cover the different aspects of eBay - buying, selling, changes that they make to the site, etc.
Because eBay is so big and well known, I imagine that just about everyone, at least in the United States that has Internet access, has visited their site at least once, and most that have have an eBay account. (more…)

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