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Thursday, August 10th, 2006 by eBay Auctioneer Subscribe To Our Feed

A Few Hints to Guide You with Buying Items on eBay:

1) When you use Buy it Now, you know the asking price and you can take some time to decide whether to pay it or not - you can even negotiate. You don't need to keeping your eye on the auction, or get caught up in the last-minute bidding frenzy that is now inevitable on any popular item. Not only that, but the seller will be happy to get a fixed price for their item, and they're likely to nicer to you than usual. Some sellers can be a little resentful when they feel that you got a little too much of a bargain on their item. On the other hand, you will almost certainly pay more for the item, especially with more expensive items. Also, it takes some of the fun out of eBay. Aren't you there for an auction, after all?

2) Bidding is when you say how much you will pay for an item in an auction. Bidding on eBay, however, doesn't work in exactly the same way as a normal auction, at least in theory. On eBay, you tell the site what the maximum you are willing to pay for each item is, and then eBay places the bids on your behalf. That means you could say you were willing to pay up to 0 for something and only have to pay , if that was the highest maximum bid anyone else placed.

3) If you find something you haven't heard of, and the description calls it 'rare', don't assume that it actually is.

4) Don't be a difficult customer: Understand that your seller might take a little while to reply to you, and perhaps a few days to send your item - harassing them is horrible and unnecessary, and won't get you good feedback.

5) Most sellers offer a reasonable return and refund policy. Make sure to check for a seller's return policy before you bid. If the seller has not provided a return policy, get clarification via email.

Large international companies, such as IBM, sell their newest products and offer services on eBay using competitive auctions and fixed-priced storefronts. Over the years, eBay has introduced all sorts of different auction types, in an effort to give people more options when they buy and sell their things on eBay.

An Interesting Fact about eBay:

Water that was said to have been left in a cup Elvis Presley once drank from was sold for 5.

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