| The Unofficial Guide to eBay and Online Auctions | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dawn E. Reno, Bobby Reno
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1082179
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 402
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 0028638662
Dewey Decimal Number: 381.1702854678
EAN: 9780028638669
ASIN: 0028638662
Publication Date: October 9, 2000
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Product Description
A one-stop guide to buying and selling on the Internet.
According to Fortune magazine, eBay reports having over 900,000 products for sale in 1,086 categories. The site receives 140 million hits a week! But starting out, either as a seller or a buyer, can be challenging. The Unofficial Guide to eBay & Online Auctions offers step-by-step guidance on everything from reistering and setting up an account, to bidding, to avoiding "auction fever." This book shows you how to maximize your online experience with advice on:- The values and pitfalls of selling in online auctions
- How to choose the best online auction site
- The right and wrong ways of buying and selling at an online auction
- What to do if an item doesn't sell
- Online fraud--what to do if it happens and how to avoid it the next time
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| Customer Reviews:
 In need of an update July 26, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Wow. When I bought this book, I wish I'd taken note of the fact that all the positive reviews were from 2000 and 2001. The table of contents looked like it had everything I wanted to know about, but when I got the book and started to read it, I realized that it was WAY out of date. Most of the coverage of eBay, at least, refers to features that are either no longer available or that have changed radically. It also gives you tips on things like the checkout process that eBay now does for you.
There are still some useful tips in here--after all, advice on how to use keywords in your listings and how to pack for shipping never gets out of date--but I'd highly recommend getting a more recent book like O'Reilly's "eBay Hacks, Second Edition". I found that one a LOT more useful and relevant.
Should have had a yellow jacket, and read "for dumbies". February 2, 2002
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book was very weak in content. It provides few noteworthy pointers. It is basically a common sense walk-through, of how to view an auction business. If you aren't a complete idiot, you probably have no use for this book.
 Like An Inexpensive Crash Course On Online Auctions November 1, 2001
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
When I finished reading this book, I felt like an "auction expert"... even though I've never bid or sold items on an online auction before. It seems to have many good tips only experience can teach you. I felt I learned all I needed in this book to get a good start. It appears there are no loose ends or anything left out. Very complete with urls to web resources such as appraisers, automation and tracking software to making selling at auctions a business.
 Excellent book to help you sell July 7, 2001
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Like the other reviewer, I'm not a high-volume Ebay seller but I do run some auctions every month. This book covered a great deal of what I wanted to know about how to run my auctions and make them more profitable. It has a wealth of information on alternate auctions sites too.Highly recommended for anyone who wants to get going on eBay.
Excellent--a must for anyone who bids or sells. November 26, 2000
75 out of 77 found this review helpful
I'm not high-volume seller, but I run two dozen or so auctions per month on ebay and Amazon. This book is absolutely indispensable! It covers general info about auctions, how to handle problem customers, reviews of auction management software (this alone has made my business 100% better), pros and cons of the various sites, shipping methods, and pretty much everything else you needed to know. Whether you're a buyer or a seller, you need this book!
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