Re: my first e-bay experience...
 

Chris has some good ideas, but remember one thing...YOU are the
seller, right? That means, you of all people on e-bay are in a better
position than the buyer. I sell and buy on ebay for the past 5 years.

Do have a write-up describing what you will accept for payment, the
timeframe for payment and contact, etc.

Do take good pictures, the higher resolution, the better.

Do NOT ship items until you have been paid in full (i.e. no COD)

Do NOT ship before personal checks have at least 7 business days to
clear. Better yet, have them pay you with postal MO's or something
similar.

Be careful of new bidders, but don't exclude them necessarily.
Everyone had to start at 0 feedbacks at one time.

Do check the feedbacks for the person, and look at past auctions they
have bid on to see what they bought, how much was it, etc. This gives
you a feel for how they transact business.

Be careful if you use Paypal, some people like it, some don't. I
haven't had any problems, but many have. Usually because they don't
understand how to protect themselves from fraud.

Hope that helps,

Tony


On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:32:43 -0600, "dirkson" <je.dirkson@sasktel.net>
wrote:

>Never really trusted it - never would use it...but I figured it was time to
>give it a shot, and so far so good.
>
>Put my first Jeep part up on ebay yesterday (my old center console, replaced
>by Tuffy). I thought i'd start with something small and insignificant, just
>in case my worst fears come true and i get *screwed*.
>
>Hopefully it all goes well. Does anyone have any tips for doing this e-bay
>thing? Stuff I should know for next time?
>
>Thanks in advance (and wish me luck),
>
>http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...&category=1255
>
>Josh
>'90 YJ - 4.2L - 1.5" lift - 31" Roughriders - Tuffy - Alpine - Sony
>

Re: my first e-bay experience...
 

> Chris has some good ideas, but remember one thing...YOU are the
> seller, right? That means, you of all people on e-bay are in a better
> position than the buyer. I sell and buy on ebay for the past 5 years.
>
> Do have a write-up describing what you will accept for payment, the
> timeframe for payment and contact, etc.
>
> Do take good pictures, the higher resolution, the better.
>
> Do NOT ship items until you have been paid in full (i.e. no COD)
>
> Do NOT ship before personal checks have at least 7 business days to
> clear. Better yet, have them pay you with postal MO's or something
> similar.
>
> Be careful of new bidders, but don't exclude them necessarily.
> Everyone had to start at 0 feedbacks at one time.
>
> Do check the feedbacks for the person, and look at past auctions they
> have bid on to see what they bought, how much was it, etc. This gives
> you a feel for how they transact business.
>
> Be careful if you use Paypal, some people like it, some don't. I
> haven't had any problems, but many have. Usually because they don't
> understand how to protect themselves from fraud.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Tony

On that note, taking the opposite roll of bidding on, and/or
buying a few smaller items on ebay is a good way to get
some experience and get a feel for how things work. JELo




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Re: my first e-bay experience...
 

> Chris has some good ideas, but remember one thing...YOU are the
> seller, right? That means, you of all people on e-bay are in a better
> position than the buyer. I sell and buy on ebay for the past 5 years.
>
> Do have a write-up describing what you will accept for payment, the
> timeframe for payment and contact, etc.
>
> Do take good pictures, the higher resolution, the better.
>
> Do NOT ship items until you have been paid in full (i.e. no COD)
>
> Do NOT ship before personal checks have at least 7 business days to
> clear. Better yet, have them pay you with postal MO's or something
> similar.
>
> Be careful of new bidders, but don't exclude them necessarily.
> Everyone had to start at 0 feedbacks at one time.
>
> Do check the feedbacks for the person, and look at past auctions they
> have bid on to see what they bought, how much was it, etc. This gives
> you a feel for how they transact business.
>
> Be careful if you use Paypal, some people like it, some don't. I
> haven't had any problems, but many have. Usually because they don't
> understand how to protect themselves from fraud.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Tony

On that note, taking the opposite roll of bidding on, and/or
buying a few smaller items on ebay is a good way to get
some experience and get a feel for how things work. JELo




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Re: my first e-bay experience...
 

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:12:38 GMT, "Mighty Monad"
<david.pinaula@spammergohome.wolftechnology.net> wrote:
Hi Dave,

You are 100% correct, I should have been more accurate. My intent was
to say the picture should be as good as you can make it. Properly
lit, sharp, as much detail as necessary to let the potential bidder
make an informed decision.

Thanks for the correction,

Tony




>On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:50:06 +0000, Tony wrote:
<<<snip>>>
>
>Tony,
>All good advice. I'd like to mention, though, that the pictures on eBay
>are typically only for online viewing, rather than for printing. Since
>monitors are relatively low-resolution devices (compared even to a modest
>printer) pictures posted with resolutions greater than 72-96 dpi are merely
>larger files to transfer without being any clearer. Although they can be
>shot at high resolutions, they should be adjusted before posting.
>
>It's more important that the pictures be correctly sized and scaled, so
>they can display without being resized in HTML. That yields the best
>clarity for online use. Using compressed formats like jpeg can speed up
>transfer at the cost of some image information, often unnoticeable.

Re: my first e-bay experience...
 

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:12:38 GMT, "Mighty Monad"
<david.pinaula@spammergohome.wolftechnology.net> wrote:
Hi Dave,

You are 100% correct, I should have been more accurate. My intent was
to say the picture should be as good as you can make it. Properly
lit, sharp, as much detail as necessary to let the potential bidder
make an informed decision.

Thanks for the correction,

Tony




>On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:50:06 +0000, Tony wrote:
<<<snip>>>
>
>Tony,
>All good advice. I'd like to mention, though, that the pictures on eBay
>are typically only for online viewing, rather than for printing. Since
>monitors are relatively low-resolution devices (compared even to a modest
>printer) pictures posted with resolutions greater than 72-96 dpi are merely
>larger files to transfer without being any clearer. Although they can be
>shot at high resolutions, they should be adjusted before posting.
>
>It's more important that the pictures be correctly sized and scaled, so
>they can display without being resized in HTML. That yields the best
>clarity for online use. Using compressed formats like jpeg can speed up
>transfer at the cost of some image information, often unnoticeable.