The Dangers Of Shopping On Ebay
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The article "The Dangers Of Shopping On Ebay" talks about auctions, it has been created by Steve Hill.
Buying online at auction websites such as ebay is becoming ever more popular and there are great bargains out there to take advantage of.
There are however risks involved and in that article I am going to write about a bad experience a friend of mine went through, an experience which would cost him a lot of money.I have used ebay many times in the past and have not only bought a great many items but have also sold a few. I have to say it is qiute a buzz and is a great way of offloading of the things that I no longer have a use for. I have even been surprised at the amounts of money of these items have sold for.During a recent evening out, I was discsusing ebay with a friend of mine, his name is Ian. Ian has last month attempted to make money from online auctions and was hoping it would earn him a type of second income. He would buy a particular item at what he thought was quite a low price and would then re-list the same item a couple of weeks later, hoping he would make a tidy profit and fast money.One of his ways of attempting to pull off a good deal was by phoning or e-mailing the seller and offering them a price to close the auction early.
In fairness to ebay that is something they strongly advise against and Ian is aware that he was taking a risk by doing that. In his first few transactions everything went well and all of the items arrvied safely and in good condition. He eventually made what he called a small but wotrhwhile profit on most of the items. In his mind, the more he could buy and sell, the more he would make.As no doubt you have gathered his luck was aobut to run out.
He contcated via telephone, a seller of a camcorder.
Ian offered a price which was duly accepted. The seller advised him where to post the money to and agreed to post the item via registered post. Ian then posted him the amount in cash, also registered post and then waited for the item to arrive.
The camcorder did not arrive and Ian started to become slightly worried. He waited a number of days but still it had not been delievred. He contcated the seller who stated that he had posted it. Ian asked him for the registered postal number and to his horror and annoyance the seller stated that he had not sent it registered post, but had sent it first class.Ian argued, that what they had agreed to, was that he would post the item via registered post due to its cost. The seller denied agreeing to that and put the phnoe down in disgust at being called a liar. Ian tried by e-mailing and phoning the seller to obtain a refund but the seller just kept saying that he had sent it, so he had no reason to pay him his money back. Ian will never know whether the camcorder was posted, however stronlgy believes it had not been.Ian is aware that he had been a bit of a fool and had taken an undue risk.
It is a lesson he has lerant from. There was no real comeback aaprt from possibly travelling two hundred miles to the address of the seller.
Even if he had paid via paypal, he had bought the item outside of ebay, which again ebay advise you not to do.In conclusion if you're going to purchase items on online auction websites such as ebay, use your head and do not let greed cloud your judgements.
There are many people out there who are more than euphoric to take you for a ride and to con you out of your hard earned money.
Follow the guidelines set and you're more likely to have a positive experience.Ian right now stlil uses ebay but not as a way to earn extra cash, he merely uses it for enjoyment.
He can not quite bleieve what he did and actually believes that he deserved it. He realises that if it had not have happened when purchasing the camcorder that it would have happened eventually.Stephen Hill helps to promote a number of websites including:free poekr helpanti aging advicestuttering information
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