August 2005
Beginner to intermediate
464 pages
16h 29m
English
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Chapter 4. Power Buying Strategies
eBay has a recognition program for serious sellers—high-volume, highly rated businesspeople it calls PowerSellers. eBay has no official "PowerBuyers" program, but some shoppers deserve the name.
Power buyers are the ones who really know their way around eBay. They might be collectors snapping up treasures for their collections—coins, comics, Matchbox cars, Beanie Babies, Civil War–era autographs, you name it. Or they might be the big spenders who close big deals, buying houses, cars, and luxury items that most shoppers merely dream about. Power buyers know how to use buyers' tools to streamline their shopping, and they can spot a scam a mile away.
While the previous chapters covered bidding strategies, this chapter shares other secrets serious shoppers use to prevail on eBay, including:
Tools to help buyers research smarter.
Software to help collectors organize their collections.
Strategies for buying jewelry, cars, and real estate with confidence.
Tips for avoiding common scams.
Tools for Power Buyers
When you're power shopping, you want the information for good buys right there at your fingertips, right now. Is $79.99 a good price for that cell phone, or could you get it for $50 if you waited a couple of weeks? Is that PowerSeller a slow shipper, or does he get a lot of returns? Serious shoppers power up their shopping with price-analysis tools to figure out the best price, and they use feedback filters to drill down straight to the feedback they need ...
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