Using Ebay

[cheater123]

Hello I have been checking out the ebay site and would like to know a few things please. Does the site charge you for selling things and what is the pricing like? Are all the products bought on the site genuine (good working order etc)? Are you certain that the item(s) will be sent once you have paid? Why do things sell so cheap? IS IT REAL????

Thankyou in advance>

[Lonnie]

You'll get some answers, as there are a few on here that do sell on ebay, but I sent them an email about this, and they sent on back detailing every thing, just an option for you.

[lynneuk74]

1. You are charged listing fees and final sale fees - see the link for details http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html


2. There is no guarantee that the items are genuine - that is down to the seller - but there is a complaints procedure if the item turns out to be faulty or fake or don't turn up. I have bought and sold loads on ebay and have only had to make one claim for something not arriving.


3. When you buy or sell something you leave feedback - people generally want good feedback so tend to be honest.


4. Things sell cheaply because - if someone wants rid of something - they put a low opening price and hope people will bid it up. If there is little interest you get a bargain.


5. Yes it is real - and very addictive. You get the best bargains by finding items that are listed in the wrong category. They do not come up in a standard search so get less bids!

[cheater123]

Thanks very much!! :-)

[snook]

To learn more about eBay, go to eBay and click on Community, then select eBay Explained or Help Centre (or click on Groups and select one that you think might help)

[Thumper GT]

I can't stress how important it is to check a seller's feedback very thoroughly if you're in any doubt about the genuineness (?) of a sale. If an items appears ridiculously cheap, it may be a scam. Case in point:

Looking for TOM TOM satnav system for Christmas. Found one for sale, 12 hours to go, still at �35. Feedback rating 100% from ten previous buyers. However, all ten previous buyers had zero feedback. Feedback they'd "given" didn't seem to relate to the items they'd purchased. All their feedback posted to seller on the same day. This sale, for an item that should have sold for �300, was a one-day auction. All these factors are suspicious, yet despite this people were still bidding! I was one of several to report the auction to eBay, but it takes time for eBay to react, and they still went to term. The seller had ten items for sale that day, and eight appeared to sell to genuine buyers. Two were clocked by scambusters who threw in high bids to kill these auctions, and within 24 hours the seller had been removed by eBay.

Feedback is there for a very good reason. Learn how to "read" it and use it wisely.