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Ebay Auction Selling Secrets - Using Ebay to Launch Your Very Own Highly Successful Website
Launching your very own successful website is the dream of many people worldwide because it is a new way to make money and be employed by oneself with little overhead. So, once you have your website you will need traffic to make it successful. The...
Ebay Changing Your Mind After Purchase
As the old adage goes, nobody's perfect. There are things in
this life that people do on one instance only to change his or
her mind after a few minutes or so.
On eBay, there are instances wherein online shoppers or bidders
may find...
Maguma has integrated support for the eBay Acellerator Toolkit for PHP (PHP-AT) in their PHP IDE Maguma Workbench
(Bolzano/Italy) Maguma will publish at the beginning of April 2005 a new module, the PHP AT of eBay. This new module will be integrated in the modular PHP IDE, Maguma Workbench. The Accelerator Tooolkit for PHP (PHP-AT) allows the integration of...
Payment Methods On Ebay
Gone are the days when only cash (or cattle in some cases) was the only accepted mode of payment for trades. As the concept of trading evolved, so did the means of paying for items.
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What Should I Sell on eBay?
If you are a new seller, my initial advice would be to gain experience of eBay selling by cleaning out your garage or attic.
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Ebay, How I nearly got tricked out of £170
I am not sure how many people have had bad experiences on Ebay, I hope not too many. I was having a great time on there until some man tried to defraud me out of £170.
I had been buying and selling on Ebay for a number of months without any problems at all. If I ever bought anything that cost over £100, I would offer to meet the seller somewhere, normally just off the motorway and this was working very well. I managed to pick up some real bargains and also managed to offload some of my unwanted items which I either had no interest in anymore or that I had no longer a need for.
Good things apparantly have to come to an end and unfortunately it did with Ebay.
I was looking to purchase a mobile phone and saw an advert for a buy it now phone with the asking price low but not extremely low.
There was a mobile number to phone if I had any questions. I therefore rang him, his name was Tony and asked him the general type questions. He sounded and seemed really nice, however stated that he was unable to meet me as he was unable to drive as he had not past his test.
His house was a long way from where I lived and reluctantly I agreed to pay via a bank transfer. He assured me he would post
the phone, that very day via Royal Mail Special Delivery to arrive by 11am the next morning. He seemed very genuine, they always do your thinking and that was that.
Next morning have a guess what arrived, yes nothing at all, nor the next day, nor the next.
I tried e-mailing him, texting and ringing his mobile phone, guess what, there was no reply.
I realised what a fool I had been, however decided to go to the police. They were very helpful and half an hour later I had a crime number however was warned that it was very unlikely I would ever see a phone or recieve a refund of my money which was £170.
Outside the police station I sent Tony a text with the police crime number. To my shock he phoned me straight away swearing at me but eventually agreed to refund me the money, if I stopped the police action against him.
I was very lucky, I am sure many other people as the police stated, never get their money back.
Stephen Hill
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About the Author
Stephen Hill has a couple of websites at http://www.gain-confidence.co.uk and http://www.lasik-laser-surgery.co.uk.
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