On Ebay If I am Outbid on an item & I dont place another bid do i have to pay?
925507
No...if you are outbid, then someone else has bid more...\n\nWhy would you think you would need to pay???
952862
It might not be against the rules to ask, but if the seller only has enough to cover the auction, it may not be ok for them to sell it when the auction is still in progress.    \n\nYou can however, ask after the sale, if it didn't sell, to see if they'll sell it to you.... as a seller sometimes people ask, but I never agree to that.  They usually ask me to sell it for a price i'm not willing to sell for.
982794
Depends on how you paid. Some sellers ask for cashier's checks, money orders, or accept personal checks. In each case, the item appears only in your Ebay account and on any invoice they send you, if they send one at all.\n\nSome sellers accept credit cards directly. In these cases, the line charge will show the total and the seller's business name, not the item.\n\nMost sellers go through PayPal and I feel far more comfortable doing business with them. (There are still caveats, for if you have a deadbeat seller Ebay and PayPal will only guarantee a small portion of your purchase price returned.) If paying through PayPal, the item appears on the PayPal invoice. Your Account overview will show the total for the transaction and to whom it was sent; clicking on the seller's name should bring up the invoice with the item description.
58170
It's called shill bidding and it's against the rules of E-Bay. A crocked seller will offer an auction and if someone bids, the seller will have a friend also bid just to raise the price. sometimes they over bid, sometimes they get lucky. To catch a shill bidder you have to watch who is bidding on who's auction in a consistant manner and that is a full time job. Read the feedback scores and stick with the higher numbers. Most people are honest, some just plain need to be taken out behind the shed.
339398
well, eBay charges a fee to list your item, then they take a percentage of the final price of your item.  There are also other charges within listing...for instance additional pictures cost, placing a reserve results in a fee, putting your in a second category...stuff like that.
942623
Sell it on Ebay with the restriction that you are not going to ship this, the buyer has to pick it up.\nI've seen this done often on Ebay especially when someone is selling something heavy.  It pretty much will limit where your bids will come from but you may find someone who wants it bad enough willing to drive a ways to get it.\nMy brother bought a car on ebay and flew 1/2 across the country to pick it up.
1037271
She needs to contact the seller. When is the auction ending? Only the seller can retract the bid but you have to contact them before the auction ends. Even if she bid 2 pounds, there is a limit of increments...so if she bid 2,000 pounds and if the bid was at 2 pounds, then it would only go up .10 penses at a time. I dont think its possible to bid 2,000 pounds and have the auction set at 2,000.\n\nTell her to contact the seller as soon as possible. As the seller, it is his responsibility to retract bids when the buyer requests it, otherwise, he has to pay seller fees again if he doesnt retract it right away and if the buyer bails out too late.
637136
eBay doesn't get ANY of the shipping costs, so some people have found a way to make sure eBay gets as little as possible, by charging 2-3xs the cost of actual shipping for the item. They only have to pay eBay from the sale price (generally .99 or less) and a small cost for the category they placed the item in to sell. The rest is their money. I don't sell that way because eventually eBay may go under if enough people decide to work that scam. It is also rough on some customers who do not check the shipping costs before they bid. They end up with a HUGE surprise when they see the shipping and handling fees.\n\nk.m.
1048370
I'm assuming the auction has already ended and you can no longer simply retract your bid and move on.\n\nWhat was the shipping, and was it explicitly stated in the auction?  If the charges were stated and the seller then accurately charged only what was stipulated in the auction, then you're at the mercy of the seller to release you from the contract.\n\nIf the seller is asking for money in addition to all the costs stated in the auction, then he is breaking the rules and you need to inform eBay of the situation.  Sellers may not jack up the price after the fact because they were hoping for more money.  On the other hand, you can't just not pay because you didn't read the auction.\n\nIn all likelihood, though, if it was an extremely low price for the item and there's an outrageous shipping charge, what the seller is doing is avoiding paying eBay's final value fees so he can maximize his profit, and the shipping is actually what he's selling the item for.  Unfortunately, while this is a type of fee avoidance which eBay says isn't allowed, they refuse to do anything about it, even when it's an egregious abuse... so you're boned on that front.  Even more unfortunately, as most sellers who engage in that tactic are ultimately only interested in their own bottom line and are perfectly willing to screw eBay to put more money in their pockets, it generally means they're willing to do the same thing to you, too, so you're probably either going to have to pay, or take the unpaid item strike and the negative feedback which goes with it.\n\nSorry.
1058997
There are a couple of ways to do this. First you can list the buy it now price for 1 lot. In your item description be very clear on what they are bidding on. If you have 10 lots put 10 total and in your description tell them what comes with a lot. The other way you can do it sell individually. I would not recommend this as if you are selling something for 1.00 ebay automatically charges no less that .35-.50 cents to list... then you have a end of auction fee... if you do them in lots and you sell them lets say for $5-$10 then you are only hit the one fee for each lot and not for each piece. So you still have the .35-.50 to list and your end of auction fee probably .30 . This is opposoed to selling them piece by piece and only making a few cents or sometimes you can even lose money!!!!
682855
Only the highest bid put in for you, it's called proxy bidding. Just make sure you don't allow for a LARGE bid on your behalf. Some sellers make up fake screen names and bid against themselves to raise the value of a bid. Decide exactly the most you would pay for something and stick to that amount. That way you wont get scammed.
683448
The seller can put something up for a specific price if he chooses.   This is independent of the bidding process.\n\nSo, for example, you can offer something for sale starting at, say, $5.00, or "buy it now" for $10.00\n\nIf the bidding gets up to $10, that would constitute a "buy it now" purchase.   This is a way to let someone who wants to pay more get something immediately and "for sure", since it stops the bidding.   If there's no "buy it now", you can always be outbid at the last moment (and that often happens!), giving you no time to respond.   (This is the worst thing about eBay, I think.)
285819
Well the mechanics of purchasing are pretty straight foward, and can be found in the attached link. Basically set up an account, search for an item that you want to bid on and place a bid. \n\nBeyond that, there is a strategy for buying on ebay. First and foremost know your prices. not every deal is a good one. Second, know how much you are willing to pay for something and stick to it. Do not get caught up in the excitement of the auction and overpay for something.\n\nEBay uses proxy bidding, so that at any time you can put in the max amount you want to pay for something. It will automatically record your bid as the lowest "winning bid", and will only raise it as people bid against you. it will go right up to your max amount. \n\nAs for a bidding strategy, many people believe it is best to wait until late in the auction before placing their bid. This gives less time for others to "nibble" your bid up higher or to even ultimately outbid you. Some people will actually take this to the extreme of "sniping", which means either using an automated software or their own time to wait until just seconds before the auction ends to place their bid. It ensures that you can not be outbid by someone after you. The downfall is that you are not sure that your bid will be high enough due to the proxy bidding process explained above. However, if you bid the max amount hat you feel comfortable with this should not matter.\n\nThis should be enough to get you started. you can also check the forums or discussion boards (link also attached)on just about anything ebay to gather more info...
974586
NO -- it is not free to post an ad. Ebay charges you what they call a listing fee whether your item sells or not. Ebay has never been a free place -- and if your item does not sell, eBay can be very expensive as you are charged every time you relist an item does not sell\n\nBefore you can even begin selling, ebay will ask for either your credit card or your bank account number so they can automatically charge you. You can refuse to give these numbers and simply pay by check, but you are limited in the amount and number of items you can sell. I suggest you read Paying Your eBay Selling Fees http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/payfees.html\n\nHere are the fees ebay charges you depending on the starting price you set for the item (this is called listing fees)\n\n$0.01 – $0.99 starting price =  $0.20 eBay listing fee\n$1.00 – $9.99 = $0.35 \n$10.00 – $24.99 = $0.60 \n$25.00 – $49.99 = $1.20 \n$50.00 – $199.99 = $2.40 \n$200.00 – $499.99 = $3.60 \n$500.00 or more = $4.80 \n\nYou will be charged additional fees if you add more features to your listing/ad such as gallery, bold, highlighted, featured items. These fees are charged whether your item sells or not\n\nAnd if your item does sell, you will be charged what is called Final Value Fees\n\nYou can read more about Ebay fees here http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html
812802
you have to pay more fees if you want it to post in additional areas. On craigslist, I think you have to go to each location and repost and pay for each one.
398099
Depends on the company. If you ask them to ship seperately then they may charge you per item. If say after you order it became out of stock then generally speaking NO. The company generally will let you know of your shipping charges when you place your order.
826603
I sell on ebay and yes you do have to pay but not at the time you list. they will send you  bill. You can definatly use PP as Ebay bought them, I do. THey can pull your dues from there if you want. Typically it costs a buck or less to list and then you also give Ebay a cut of your winnings from the end bid price. Paypal also take fees out when you are get paid using them. The plus about using PP is you the seller are covered to a degree from buyers trying to say they didn't get their item if you use paypal and print your shipping labels off their site as you get Del. Conf. for free using Priority and for like .14 if you send by parcel post, first class or media. Never say to a buyer if they don't buy insurance it's on them because the flip side to being covered as a seller through paypal, the buyer is too when it comes to Ins. and even if they don't purchase it. if they get an items broken or defective they can file a claim with paypal and normally the seller doesn't win Read the discussion boards on EBay. Huge Help can be found there. Good luck