Tuesday, May 1, 2007

eBay for Dummies

I have used eBay once before to purchase an air soft gun, the experience was so simple that I didn’t even get to experience all eBay had to offer. This assignment was a good opportunity to further explore eBay and all its features. When using eBay the first step you should take is setting up an account. This is very easy and requires little more than basic contact information and a way to pay for anything you purchase. To buy something on eBay you need to have either a Check, credit card or pay pal account. Be sure to read the terms of sale to see what forms of payment the seller accepts. Also you can only purchase things on eBay if you are 18 years or older.

Web sites such as eBay work in a similar way to real life auctions in the sense that there is a seller and buyers get to compete and place bids to win the product. The biggest difference is that instead of having 5 minutes to decide what you want to bid on you can have 5 days. Because it is an internet auction your available products are much greater and you can get them at a better price.

I have only made one purchase on eBay so far but I have been very satisfied with it. I purchased a Well R-8 air soft gun from shortys online auction company for $122 including shipping. I paid using my credit card and received the gun from UPS in about one week. One thing to be sure to look at before you buy on eBay is the sellers rating, feedback, and number of items sold to determine how trustworthy your seller is.

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