Bidding and Buying on eBay.
Have you noticed that whenever you open a newspaper, watch
the TV or have a conversation, people seem to be talking
about eBay? If you've never used it and you've no idea
what it's all about, then then you will learn in the next
3 minutes! This article contains everything you need to
know about the basics of bidding and buying on eBay.
What is eBay?
eBay is an online auction website. But it is not just
any auction site,it is the biggest one in the world. If
you know how an auction works, then you know how reBay
works. Someone puts something they want to sell on the
eBay site, and then buyers come along and place bids on
it. The highest bid wins the item! It's that simple.
eBay being an online auction makes a big difference..
eBay will accept almost any item, no matter how big or
small, and will then advertise it on their websites all
over the world.
What is Bidding?
When you bid you say how much you will pay for an item
in an auction. Bidding on eBay, however, doesn't work
in exactly the same way as a normal auction. On eBay,
you tell the site the maximum amount you are willing to
pay for each item is, and then eBay places the bids on
your behalf. That means you could say you were willing
to pay up to $100 for an item and only have to pay $50,
if that was the highest maximum bid anyone else placed.
First, the best thing to do is to go to the eBay website
designed for your country. If you don't know the web address
for your country, just go to www.ebay.com and it will
tell you there. On the front page you should see a big
box marked ?search': just type in anything that you'd
like to buy there.
Easy - of course? You should now have a list of items
for sale ion the screen , together with how much people
are currently bidding for them and the time when bidding
ends for each item. If you click one of these, you can
read the description, . Then if you are happy with the
item and happy to pay more than the current highest bidder
is you can bid!
Bidding - How Do I Bid?
1. Scroll down to the bottom of an item's description
page
2. Type the maximum you are willing to pay (your maximum
bid) into the box and press the "place bid'" button.
3. You will need to sign in once you press the button
(if you don't have an eBay username you will need to go
through a quick registration process).
4. If someone else's maximum bid on that item is higher
than yours, then eBay will tell you and give you the opportunity
to bid again. Otherwise, you're now the new highest bidder!
All you need to do now is wait until the end of the auction
? if someone else outbids you, then eBay will email you
and you can bid again.
Submitted by Barrie Segal
Founder of AppealNow.com
www.appealnow.com
APPEALNOW.com™ was founded by Barrie Segal.
Barrie has been described by Richard Hammond of “Top Gear”
Fame as the “UK’s leading Parking Ticket expert”. He has
reviewed in excess of 6,000 parking tickets.
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