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Auctions
Weekend
August 4/5, 2001
Raise
your hand, make a bid. It's an exciting way to
buy. Now the real auction action is on-line. Nearly
6.2 million buyers each month pointing and clicking
their way to two and a half billion dollars in
cyber sales last year.
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Oh
sure, there may be lots of on-line auction sites. But
if we say, "name one," you'll say … E-Bay.
Internet expert Lisa Lillien says, “E-Bay is definitely
the place to buy or sell things on-line."
She should know. She has survived tons of transactions
and shows us how it works. The seller sets the rules,
deciding price, length of auction, opening bid and the
all important item description.
Here are a few tips on buying one of the six million new
and used items on E-Bay. Jim Griffith, AKA Uncle Griff
the smiling face of E-Bay customer service, says you should
avoid the emotion of bidding. Research. Decide what you
want to pay.
He says, “Then bid that amount and walk away. E-Bay will
then execute your bid against all other comers and then
you don't have to keep going back and forth to the auction
to see if you've been outbid."
Click here for more auction tips from Internet expert
Lisa Lillien
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