How to be streetwise on E-bay.

I used paypal to buy some books from the states & it works well. The poor bugga over there got ripped by me though, he didn't want to send to Aus but I talked him into it so he got a price off the USPS website for $70USD postage After I won the bid & the deal was done, he went to actually post the package it cost him about $125USD. He was p'd off but at himself not me & never asked me to pay any extra. I've only had one bad deal & that was from a business (power seller over 2000 deals) in australia buying some tools...never again with them.

Reg

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Originally Posted by schaf

Interesting thread.My wife are starting to take a interest in ebay but are worried about using a credit card.
What method do most people use to pay on ebay
Regards Terry

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I use a VISA debit card attached to an account with limited funds.
I registered with paypal and use that for international stuff & sometimes oz stuff.
Most oz stuff I do by direct debit. I used to go to a local branch of the vendors bank as it minbimises charges.

Coz I live in the sticks most of the local bank branches are 40 odd km away so I have started to direct debit online.

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Originally Posted by apricotripper

What I don't fully understand is.....how do you find out how much things are worth ? ,,, so that you can work out what your maximum bid will be.

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Your maximium bid is the maximum that you are willing to pay for an item .... after all it is your maximum bid.

When I place a bid I never look at the value of the item .... I think if I was to buy that what would I consider a bargin or good value. Sometimes you miss it othertimes its yours.