Withdrawing Your eBay Bid eBay are a little strict about letting you withdraw your bid. They call it a 'bid retraction', and have a stringent set of conditions that you must meet before you are allowed to do it. Here are eBay's three acceptable reasons for withdrawing a bid.You made a typographical error: This means that you accidentally typed the wrong amount into the bid box, bidding a far higher price than you meant to. This can be...more
What Happens After You Win an eBay Auction? It's a heady feeling when you win your first eBay auction: a mixture of happiness and perhaps just a little fear. After all, there seems to be so much to do before you can actually get your item. What do you do next?The simple answer is: you send payment to the seller, as quickly as possible. The quicker you pay, the more your seller will like you, and the sooner your item will arrive. But how...more
Coupons on eBay 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, you'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 you'll find yourself with some kind of special offer - but still, not always.Go Searching.The better way, of course, is to go and find the coupons that are out there on the web. This is quite hit-and-miss, as eBay don't always have an offer on, but when there's a valid code you can guarantee that it'll be everywhere within a few hours. Just type 'ebay coupon codes' into your favourite search engine, but be prepared to pick through some rubbish. You might find you have better luck if you use a more obscure search engine, where people haven't taken the...more
How to Use eBay Search If you know what you're doing, you can quickly find what you'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...more
Buy Your Collectibles on eBay Buying collectibles is one of the most enjoyable things to do on eBay, simply because you can find so many things that you just can't get anywhere else. Here are a few tips to help you on your way.Find your Category.You'll probably find that all the items you're after are listed in a single category. Add this...more
Property auctions are popular ways of buying and selling residential properties in the United Kingdom and in many other parts of the world as well. They are also interesting places to go to, just to observe how they operate and the kind of people who are there on a regular basis. One of the attractions of buying residential property at a property auction is speed. Once the auction starts, a buyer knows that within twenty minutes or so, he or she may own the property that they are considering. For this reason it is important that a potential buyer does their research thoroughly and diligently before they participate in the proceedings.Property auctions are popular with professional property dealers. These are people who make their living from buying and selling properties. They are familiar with the whole process, from beginning to end. They will often be familiar faces at the various auctions that they go to on a regular basis. One of the attractions of a property auction is to be able to see these property professionals in action, bidding on the properties that come up for sale. Property auctions have a certain way that they are conducted. This has remained essentially the same...more
Are you getting the most out of your eBay account Internet auctions started as a hobby for a few computer people in the San Francisco area to have a "virtual swap meet" and get rid of some unwanted things they had, and find some things they...more
The different sorts of online auction is straight auction, reserve auction, Dutch auction, personal auction, overstock auction. An english auction online is known as as absolute auction, rising price auction, English auction, forward auction, reserve...more
Things to Consider when Selling on eBay Being a seller is a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you're not doing everything you should be. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things.Have you found out...more
How to be Successful on eBay So you want to be a successful seller with your own eBay business, do you? Here's a simple, ten-step path to eBay enlightenment.Step 1: Identify your market. Take a while to sit and watch for what sells and what...more
Bidding and Buying on eBay: Overview Have you noticed that whenever you open a newspaper, watch the TV or have a conversation, people seem to be talking about eBay? If you've never used it and you've no idea what it's all about, then the...more
What You'll Find on eBay Are you interested in doing your online shopping through eBay? If you are, you are one of millions of Americans who are. What is nice about eBay is that you can find just about anything on there, within reason of...more