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Write You - EBay Tips For Beginners In Buying
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If you know exactly what you’re looking for, use the ’Advanced Search’ option under the search bar. Enter the item description and tick the box for ’Completed listings only’. From this you will see the previous winning bids for the item you want and it will give you a better idea of how much you should be paying. With that in mind (and taking your own financial situat
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P.S. You’ll have to register (or log in if you have already registered) to have access to some of the functionality I will talk about.
Buying on eBay
1. Never enter your maximum bid at the start
When you enter your maximum bid eBay will initially just show the lowest amount which puts you in a winning position. But the problem with entering your maximum amount so early is that you can get impulse buyers who are prepared to pay quite high to get the item they are bidding on. When they enter their bid and eBay comes back with the message saying that they have been outbid they will keep entering higher figures until they hold the maximum bid. The result of this is that you are quickly out bid and the chance of a bargain is gone.
2. Be patient
Patience is the name of the game, there is excitement in online auctions and a real sense of achievement when you win the auction. But don’t let that excitement get the better of you, and avoid the ego trip in trying to win all the auctions you take part in.
If you know exactly what you’re looking for, use the ’Advanced Search’ option under the search bar. Enter the item description and tick the box for ’Completed listings only’. From this you will see the previous winning bids for the item you want and it will give you a better idea of how much you should be paying. With that in mind (and taking your own financial situati
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P.S. You’ll have to register (or log in if you have already registered) to have access to some of the functionality I will talk about.
Buying on eBay
1. Never enter your maximum bid at the start
When you enter your maximum bid eBay will initially just show the lowest amount which puts you in a winning position. But the problem with entering your maximum amount so early is that you can get impulse buyers who are prepared to pay quite high to get the item they are bidding on. When they enter their bid and eBay comes back with the message saying that they have been outbid they will keep entering higher figures until they hold the maximum bid. The result of this is that you are quickly out bid and the chance of a bargain is gone.
2. Be patient
Patience is the name of the game, there is excitement in online auctions and a real sense of achievement when you win the auction. But don’t let that excitement get the better of you, and avoid the ego trip in trying to win all the auctions you take part in.
If you know exactly what you’re looking for, use the ’Advanced Search’ option under the search bar. Enter the item description and tick the box for ’Completed listings only’. From this you will see the previous winning bids for the item you want and it will give you a better idea of how much you should be paying. With that in mind (and taking your own financial situat
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2. Be patient
Patience is the name of the game, there is excitement in online auctions and a real sense of achievement when you win the auction. But don’t let that excitement get the better of you, and avoid the ego trip in trying to win all the auctions you take part in.
If you know exactly what you’re looking for, use the ’Advanced Search’ option under the search bar. Enter the item description and tick the box for ’Completed listings only’. From this you will see the previous winning bids for the item you want and it will give you a better idea of how much you should be paying. With that in mind (and taking your own financial situat
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2. Be patient
Patience is the name of the game, there is excitement in online auctions and a real sense of achievement when you win the auction. But don’t let that excitement get the better of you, and avoid the ego trip in trying to win all the auctions you take part in.
If you know exactly what you’re looking for, use the ’Advanced Search’ option under the search bar. Enter the item description and tick the box for ’Completed listings only’. From this you will see the previous winning bids for the item you want and it will give you a better idea of how much you should be paying. With that in mind (and taking your own financial situat
You've had a few good meetings with a prospect. You've successfully overcome their objections. Before you close the deal, you must ask yourself a very important question.Should you do business with the prospect? Your answer should not be automatic. Before you move forward, you need to put yourself in the prospect's shoes. Does it make sense for the prospect to do business with you?When answering that question, you must be objective; something that's not easy when your ego is on the line. You must also be totally honest; something that’s not s
If you know exactly what you’re looking for, use the ’Advanced Search’ option under the search bar. Enter the item description and tick the box for ’Completed listings only’. From this you will see the previous winning bids for the item you want and it will give you a better idea of how much you should be paying. With that in mind (and taking your own financial situation into consideration) set yourself a limit for highest bid.
If you are bidding on an item and the price goes beyond your target then BE PATIENT and do not make erratic bids. There are millions of items added to eBay each day and unless you are searching for an extremely rare object I can guarantee there will be more of the same items added by other users at a later time. If the item you want is new on the market then the longer you can wait the better. In time the demand will slow down and the supply will increase, as a result the price will come down. A prime example of this is when the nokia 6131 was released. They were selling for over AUD$500 on eBay, I had set myself a target of $250 and added all the listings that I could find to my watch list. The ‘Watch Item’ function is excellent and you should definitely use it. Instead of making bids you can add items to your watch list. eBay will then notify you by email when an auction is coming to the end. You can then check the price and make up your mind if it is cheap enough for you to outbid it.
If you think you’re on to a winner (price wise) then enter your bid when there is only about 20 seconds left. That way you don’t give competitors any time to outbid you and you should win the bid.
I had to wait an extra 2 weeks for my phone, but got it for the price I wanted and did not get involved in bidding wars.
3. Read everything before you commit to buying
This is common sense but it is amazing how many people overl
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