The Unofficial Guide to eBay and Online Auctions
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List Price: $16.99 $13.25 $ 3.74 ( 22% ) Wiley Dawn E. Reno ,Bobby Reno
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 381.1702854678EAN: 9780028638669ISBN: 0028638662Label: WileyManufacturer: WileyNumber Of Items: 1Number Of Pages: 402Publication Date: 2000-10-09Publisher: WileyStudio: Wiley
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Editorial Reviews: A one-stop guide to buying and selling on the Internet. Fortune magazine, eBay reports having over 900,000 products for sale in 1,086 categories. The site receives 140 million hits a week! But starting out, either as a seller or a buyer, can be challenging. The Unofficial Guide to eBay & Online Auctions offers step-by-step guidance on everything from reistering and setting up an account, to bidding, to avoiding "auction fever." This book shows you how to maximize your online experience with advice on:The values and pitfalls of selling in online auctions How to choose the best online auction site The right and wrong ways of buying and selling at an online auction What to do if an item doesn't sell Online fraud--what to do if it happens and how to avoid it the next time
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: In need of an updateComment: Wow. When I bought this book, I wish I'd taken note of the fact that all the positive reviews were from 2000 and 2001. The table of contents looked like it had everything I wanted to know about, but when I got the book and started to read it, I realized that it was WAY out of date. Most of the coverage of eBay, at least, refers to features that are either no longer available or that have changed radically. It also gives you tips on things like the checkout process that eBay now does for you.
Customer Rating: Summary: Should have had a yellow jacket, and read "for dumbies".Comment: This book was very weak in content. It provides few noteworthy pointers. It is basically a common sense walk-through, of how to view an auction business. If you aren't a complete idiot, you probably have no use for this book.Customer Rating: Summary: Like An Inexpensive Crash Course On Online AuctionsComment: When I finished reading this book, I felt like an "auction expert"... even though I've never bid or sold items on an online auction before. It seems to have many good tips only experience can teach you. I felt I learned all I needed in this book to get a good start. It appears there are no loose ends or anything left out. Very complete with urls to web resources such as appraisers, automation and tracking software to making selling at auctions a business.Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent book to help you sellComment: Like the other reviewer, I'm not a high-volume Ebay seller but I do run some auctions every month. This book covered a great deal of what I wanted to know about how to run my auctions and make them more profitable. It has a wealth of information on alternate auctions sites too.Highly recommended for anyone who wants to get going on eBay.
Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent--a must for anyone who bids or sells.Comment: I'm not high-volume seller, but I run two dozen or so auctions per month on ebay and Amazon. This book is absolutely indispensable! It covers general info about auctions, how to handle problem customers, reviews of auction management software (this alone has made my business 100% better), pros and cons of the various sites, shipping methods, and pretty much everything else you needed to know. Whether you're a buyer or a seller, you need this book!
