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| Article Title :: Top 10 Strangest eBay Items Ever Sold. |
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| eBay can be a very odd place, given that you can sell almost anything you want. Here are the auctions weÂ’ve picked as being the strangest ever.
#10 - Girlfriends: Some girls auctioned their services as ‘imaginary girlfriends’, who would send the winning bidder pictures of themselves and loving letters, which they could use to pretend they had a girlfriend
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#9 - Wedding dress: Nothing strange about selling a wedding dress, you might think – but this was the guy’s ex-wife’s wedding dress. And he modelled it, as well as writing a long screed about his ex-wife in the description. It sold for £3,850.
#8 - TV part: Producers on the (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Become An eBay “Sniper”. |
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| If you bid for a few things on eBay, the chances are that sooner or later you’ll end up getting your bid beaten at the very last second by a ‘sniper’. This can be a frustrating experience, and while in theory sniping is against the rules and you can report it to eBay, in practice they never do anything about it.
The bad news is that there’s only one way to beat the sniper – and that’s to become the sniper. The good news, though, is that once you understand sniping you can use it to win auctions at a far lower price than you would otherwise.
Manual Sniping.
Manual sniping isnÂ’t that hard, if you have a lot of time to spare and (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Understanding Ebay Buying Tools. |
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| 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.
My Summary.
Your summary screen shows what you’re currently buying or selling, as well as any announcements eBay want to make that day. It is set up as a list of reminders, so it will tell you if there are items you need to pay for or if you have been outbid – it’s like your eBay ‘to do’ list.
You can make this screen show what you want it (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Tips For Buying Collectibles On eBay. |
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| Buying collectibles is one of the most enjoyable things to do on eBay, simply because you can find so many things that you just canÂ’t get anywhere else. Here are a few tips to help you on your way.
Find your Category.
YouÂ’ll probably find that all the items youÂ’re after are listed in a single category. Add this category to your browserÂ’s Favorites, and keep coming back.
Look for Mistakes.
If you collect something, the chances are you know a lot about it. This can be your opportunity to make a mint from a sellerÂ’s mistake. They might not realise that they have a rare version of an item, or they might have left off the key (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: When Things Go Wrong: How To Resolve eBay Disputes. |
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| eBay has quite an intricate and long-winded dispute resolution procedure. In this email, IÂ’ll try to break each step down for you, so you can see whatÂ’s involved and how long it takes.
As an example, letÂ’s go through what you would do if you paid for an item but didnÂ’t receive it from the seller.
Before you open a dispute: Give the seller a chance to send the item before you get ahead of yourself and open a dispute. If youÂ’re concerned about how long the item is taking to arrive, the first thing you should do is send a polite email to the seller saying that you havenÂ’t received it and asking whether they have posted it. You should also check (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Watch Out For eBay Automobile And Computer Scams. |
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| There aren’t that many scammers on eBay – but the ones there are tend to be greedy. This means that they will always try to pull their scams on high-value items like cars and computers, so that they can make a lot of money quickly. Since buyers generally buy these items very rarely, they may not know about the various scams out there.
Automobile Scams.
With cars, you will generally find that scammers try to get you to send them money in advance, for whatever reason. For some reason, some people arenÂ’t all that reluctant to pay 50% or 25% of the money before delivery using a relatively insecure payment method, especially on a car. They reason that the sel (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Tips And Tricks For Using eBay Search. |
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| If you know what youÂ’re doing, you can quickly find what youÂ’re looking for on eBay. Here are a few golden rules.
Be specific: If you’re searching for the first edition of the original Harry Potter book, you’ll get further searching for ‘harry potter rowling philosopher’s stone first edition’ than you will searching for ‘harry potter’. You’ll get fewer results, but the ones you do get will be far more relevant.
Spell wrongly: It’s a sad fact that many of the sellers on eBay just can’t spell. Whatever you’re looking for, try thinking of a few common misspellings – the chances are that fewer people will find thes (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: Introducing The New eBay “Buyer’s Credit” Program. |
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| In an effort to compete with more ‘traditional’ shops, eBay has started to offer finance agreements though PayPal for expensive items. This means that, if the seller decides to offer it, you can now spread the cost of an item into affordable monthly payments.
This is good for buyers, good for sellers, and good for eBay. Buyers can get the kind of credit agreements they’re used to in shops. Sellers can make their items more attractive to buyers who might not have all the money then and there, but eBay still pays the sellers upfront – they don’t have to wait to be paid each month or anything like that. Buyers make their monthly payments to PayPal’s credit p (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Get eBay Coupons. |
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| You have to be very lucky to be one of the chosen few who receive an eBay coupon by email. These coupons are just like cash that you can use towards anything you buy on eBay – the only conditions being that you pay using PayPal, and that you are using eBay in the USA, Canada or the UK.
There are two ways to get eBay coupons.
Wait for that Email.
Of course, if you just wait, youÂ’ll be waiting for a long time. You have to do something to make yourself look like the kind of person eBay would want to tempt back with a coupon. If you open an account, buy a few medium-value things and then suddenly stop, the chances are youÂ’ll find yourself with s (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How Important Is Your BuyerÂ’s Reputation? |
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| Your reputation as a buyer (or ‘feedback rating’) is the most important thing people see when they deal with you on eBay. It is on the basis of this little number that they will decide whether they can trust you or not.
Each time you buy or sell something on eBay, people can leave feedback for you, and you can leave feedback for them. This feedback can be positive, negative, or neutral, along with a comment. Your feedback rating, then, is worked out using a very simple sum: the number of positive feedback comments people have left for you, minus the number of negative ones. This means that someone with a feedback rating of 28, for example, might have 30 positive ratings (read full article) |
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