Has your experience shopping on eBay been positive overall?
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Yes. I get really good deals on ebay. Usually I have no problems.\n\nI have one rule though: don't buy from anybody with a worse then 98% approval rating. Think about it. If they have a 98% approval rating, that means that about 2% of the time people were unhappy. That means 1 in 50 people didn't like the service.\n\nIf they have a 90% rating that means 1 in 10 didn't like the service.\n\nDon't take chances, watch the approval rating.
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Check out the operations and style of Ebay and any other sites that have proven successful. They have done ALL the research already. Use the KISS formula: Keep It Simple Stupid!\nGood luck.
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If your looking for a deal and a second-hand one doesnt bother you, you could try Ebay.  I managed to equip myself for about half the price and I was surprised at what people were selling.
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have you tried ebay??
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Ebay is a good place to check.
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you could always check ebay
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I hear storys about people finding all kinds of old and cool stuff on E-bay.  Try a search I bet you're find something that you're looking for.
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Paypal has always worked well for me.  Usually, I'll pay for an item on ebay, then go check my Paypal account and the transaction has been processed from my bank account and already made to the person I bought the item from.  Make sure you get "Verified" on there, and if you still have trouble, contact Paypal.
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Would have thought from their shop and if not then ebay or their webpage sounds favourite./
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Have you tried Amazon.co.uk or ebay.co.uk?
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Hey!,\n\nIve been using Ebay for going on 7 years now and ive never encountered unfix able problems i have 184 Postive feedback and no Negitives i keep it that way by when you buy on ebay make sure to check your sellers eBay Feedback, i just bought a Ipod 60gb and things went very well through paypal, so as i said make sure you check feedback of your seller that your buying from so you can be sure its not a rip off seller id advise not buying from users with under 15 feedback if u want to be safe and power sellers/ Company's are good but if they say the item is like this and its not when u receive it they could care less!, they can even sometimes get eBay to remove negative feedback, so i advise buying from average people with around 50-300 feedback so you know that there not some kind of companying that will screw you over, id say use paypal its one of the best ways its pretty much all i use all you have to do is register a free account with a credit card and no paypal doesnt do hidden fees it will clearly tell you if theres a fee for what your doing, items on ebay when listed have a 20cents or more listing fee depending on the features you assign to have on your auction, (example: buy it now, gallery photo, gift mark..ect) that about sums it up for selling and buying hope that was helpful and ill say with my years with ebay they are good at what they do! just make sure you read the description well, and watch for high shipping costs :) theres also Reserves that you cant win the item till its to a certain amount and to know if theres a reserve if u go to the item and look where the price is listed it will say reserve not meant or it will say nothing meaning its either meant or there was none, and you cant tell what the reserve is. just take pro cautions  like any online selling/buying to make sure your not getting ripped off, and in time you can figure it out well and a lot of people make livings off of buying wholesale and selling for regular. Well hope i was a help, and hope you have  great experiences with eBay! \n\nCya\nBrad
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I have used Paypal for about 2 years in conjunction with Ebay. My only bad experience was dealing with a private owner who refused to refund my $45.00, and pay pal could not do a thing. \nbut I have had more then 250 positives to that 1 bad transaction.\n\nOne word of advice. NEVER respond to emails from paypal. do to the address or make a fav link then enter the site normally. if there is a Message you will receive it once you log in.
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i think ebay is the best
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I am sure there are a lot of ebayers using Yahoo Answers as well.  The best approach is to simply ask the question and have a look at all the responses you get.
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I bought my car, a VW carbrio on ebay back in 2003. I bought two tickets (one-ways from NY and Flew my parents down to florida for a "vacation" and told them to pick it up for me and drive it back). Despite the fact that the aircondition didnt work perfect....still a great car.\n\nPS. My parents love to drive so this was not a cruel thing to suprise them with a 22hr drive home.\n\nI love ebay. My family uses it a lot since the things we like/want are not to be found in our area. My parents have sold trucks/cars/mowers on the site and I have bought tickets/collectables etc. I really trust ebay and have run into only a few problems with it. None that could not be worked out through the site to get my money back.
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The key success factor is: Sell products that people actually want. \n\nBuying from garage sales and selling on eBay is fun, and good getting a few dollars here and there from ebay. Sometimes, you luck out on an item and hit big, but many times it will just be so-so (assuming you can even get the price you paid for it). In terms of fun factor, it is great. But from a business stand-point, it is not sustainable.\n\nIf you want to earn serious money from eBay, you need to have a well-thought out business model. Selling on eBay is not as easy as some portray. In fact, go to eBay and check out the number of auctions that end without a single bid. Competition is getting tough, as more sellers go to eBay; even the big boys are joining in the eBay marketplace. Add to that the increasing listing and final value fees.\n\nOne success model of ebay is the couple Jay and Marie Senese (username jayandmarie) of the 1-cent CD fame. They have the highest positive feedback number of all sellers on eBay. Their business model is to buy very low cost CDs in bulk (those that CD stores sell in their discount bins) and offer them on ebay at a starting price of 1 cent http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886080.htm Their success is based on the fact that they stumbled on a sustainable business model with products that people really want. They sold their business -- where else but on ebay -- for $5 million! Now that is success.\n\neBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.\n\nAs for items to sell, you can:\n\n1. Buy bulk liquidation items such as those at Liquidation.com. The capitalization may be big, but the idea is to sell the items individually and profit from it.\n\n2. Find manufacturers of items you want to sell and buy discounted items from them\n\n3. Make deals with retailers in your area, and offer to buy their unwanted items for deep discounts. jayandmarie - the most successful ebay sellers - made deals with music stores where they will buy the entire inventory in the discounted bins, and then sold the items on ebay for 1-cent starting bid.\n\n4. Look for possible partners on the Web, preferably outside of the US. Import items from them and sell them on ebay. There's huge profits to gain from this approach.
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I had never heard of it so took a look after seeing your question.\nIt looks to be quite good, and there is a reference to ebay on it (Obviously trying to steal some ebay customers).\n\nSo at first glance - yep - it looks good and I will be taking a better look at what they have on sale there. Of course, until you can find someone who has actually bought something, then you will not know for sure, but I might just buy a small item, just to test them out.\n\nI'll post a question if and when I have a go, to let you (And anyone else) know.\n\nHows that? Sorry I did not actually answer your question, but at least I took a look at the site.\n\n:-)