Buying On Ebay

What is the lowest amount of eBay seller feedback you buy from? I love this question as I'm an avid eBayer.... known across the forums as the much feared: EK the Sniper . To date no one who has ever bid against me, has been able to win. My best snipe time to date was 3 seconds before auction end. I achieve my snipping success, by bidding low early, and than placing a bid high, while counting done the seconds to the end before hitting the confirm bid button. While this can be done with dail... Read Full Story

For the last two years or so, I have allowed myself to openly want very few things.  I haven't dared hope for much more than what is vital. I hoped for Goose to be a healthy birth. I wanted Maguire to pass the BAR. That, my friends, is pretty much it. More than two years of devastating disappointments made me create a fairly thick skin, warted with skepticism and cautiousness. Tonight I have a red, raw spot on my calloused hide:  I want us to get this house.  I am hoping that... Read Full Story

Being "between jobs" right now, I have a lot of time to waste on-line. I'm a time fanatic. I have atomic clocks all over my house so that I know the EXACT time. I always arrive early to meetings because I respect the time of those I'm meeting with and get a little peeved when people meeting with me are late because my time is valuable too. I've been looking at atomic wrist watches for over a year now. Casio is the lead player there but others make them as well. Jungens makes a solar-powered... Read Full Story

looking to start buying on eBay?  If you have never used eBay before, you may not necessarily know that it is relatively easy to fall victim to an eBay scam.  While eBay is considered a safe place to shop online, there are a number of eBay scams that you should be on the lookout for.  Knowing what these scams are, before you start shopping on eBay, will help to reduce or completely eliminate your chances of becoming a victim. Before we start to examine some of the most common eBay scams... Read Full Story

As you  already know, eBay is an online auction website; an online auction website that allows internet users to post items that they have in their possession, but not longer want or need, for sale.  While this tends to give you a large number of products to choose from, it can make getting scammed on eBay relatively easy; however, there is a way that you cannot fall victim to some of the most common eBay scams.  That way involves checking feedback. If this is your first time using eBay... Read Full Story

We have all used ebay at some point, whether to sell or to buy that product that has already been used so we can save a little money. Ebay is building a new desktop application which is currently called San Dimas Project. Since this is a desktop application you wont have to bother searching and typing in your internet browser. Save some time while you are hunting those cheap goodies down. The San Dimas Project is trying to get three major types of feature through this application: - Core ebay... Read Full Story

I am a huge ebay fan, there isn’t a day that passes by without me looking into ebay and finally buying or bidding on something. For all ebay addicts like me this software will prove to be a gold in a coal mine. Nabit is a software which lets you enjoy ebay without ever having to open your browser.This application sits on your system tray quietly until there has been a change in your bidding or buying status. When you have been outbidded in an auction Nabit shows a pop up alert to notify you... Read Full Story

(Pirate ACEO by Lydia Velarde 2008) No, it's not me in a red swimsuit flying down the beach in slow-mo with my floatie under my armpit (Seriously, me in a bathing suit? I always just do the favor and refrain...unless I'm in another country or at a beach where people look worse than I.),but it is me swimming through the art listings on Ebay, yet again. It's not so bad today, and I am pretty pleased with all of the items I have purchased. For the most part, I bought ACEOs (Art Card Editions... Read Full Story

According to BusinessWeek- eBay has been buying furiously to move beyond its auction-house identity, and a new raft of services will spread its reach even further When Pierre M. Omidyar founded ( eBAY ) in 1995, the key to e-commerce success was relatively simple: Establish a Web site where Web surfers go to spend time and shop. By that measure, eBay.com became one of the Web's most successful sites, with 233 million registered users looking to auction off items or find bargains. Indeed, the... Read Full Story

Another resource for affordable art is of course Ebay . Since Ebay is such a humoungous marketplace, the art section can be pretty overwhelming to navigate, but if you have the patience, there is a fantastic amount of really great and sometimes even rare pieces. I am actually working on writing a "Guide to Shopping for Art on Ebay". I will be sure to post it when it's done--but in the meantime, here are some of my finds. Each are under $30. This is an original silkscreen from British artist... Read Full Story