The Official eBay Bible Second Edition: The Newly Revised and Updated Version of the Most Comprehensive eBay How-To Manual for Everyone from First-Time Users to eBay Experts [Paperback]

Jim Griffith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Ebay Bible | Publication Date: June 16, 2005

America’s official eBay Ambassador shares his humor, know-how, and matchless eBay expertise in this newly revised edition of the authoritative guide geared to both the beginning bidder and seller, as well as the professional entrepreneur.

Whether it’s just a desire to make some extra money, buy the latest set of golf clubs, or start a new business, people around the world “do it eBay.” With a community of more than one hundred five million people around the world every day, eBay is the World’s Online Marketplace.

In this definitive resource, ultimate eBay insider Jim Griffith—A.K.A. Griff—tells you everything you need to know to become a successful buyers and seller and to navigate the changes and improvements being introduced to the eBay website in 2004-2005. In this indispensable manual—authorized by eBay and featuring the very latest formats, screen shots, protocols, and etiquette—the eBay Guru of online auctions provides a comprehensive blueprint for:

* Navigating the Web site and new eBay features
* Placing a bid
* Putting items up for sale
* Starting and running your own successful eBay business

Plus:
* Changes and additions to eBay procedures and policies
* Tricks of the trade from successful eBay buyers and sellers
* Strategies for safe, secure, hassle-free eBay buying and selling
* Tips and shortcuts for even the most technologically challenged
* Case studies and success stories of people whose lives have been changed by eBay

Whether you’re a first-time user or an online pro, The Official eBay ® Bible is the only guide you need to shop and sell with the best of them.

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About the Author

Jim Griffith became eBay’s first customer support representative while working out of his own studio in West Rutland, Vermont. During the next two years, he helped build a customer support team with more than forty representatives across the United States. In 1999, he helped train nearly 500 employees who now work at eBay’s Customer Support Center in Salt Lake City. Today, he holds the unique position of Dean of eBay education, traveling across the country and teaching eBay University seminars.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Gotham; 2 edition (June 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592400922
• ISBN-13: 978-1592400928
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #724,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars well-written, January 25, 2006

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This review is from: The Official eBay Bible Second Edition: The Newly Revised and Updated Version of the Most Comprehensive eBay How-To Manual for Everyone from First-Time Users to eBay Experts (Paperback)

4 stars for fullfilling its intended purposes. One lacking star for apparently disappointing readers for its lacking anticipated business pointers.


This book is obviously targeted toward eBay newbies, and for that purpose it makes a heck of a good job in providing both clarity and motivation. While at the same time being embedded with corporate self-marketing lines without being offensive.

It seems as though the author has retained a centered state of mind while writing this entire book. Even if the topics are basic, such as how to list items and packing items, it's being presented in an entertaining way and may well do a good job in hooking up new members to eBay. It's definitely a helpful place to start.
Since the intentions of the book are ambiguous however (it's not clear wether selling eBay or teaching people how to sell on ebay is the central purpose here), it's also reasonable to contend that level-wise, this is not the best book out there. But the quality of that level is yet high and consistent. Everything that's being taught in the book is easy to grasp and follow, and there's a certain underlying energy in terms of writing style that makes eBay selling look fun. Because of that this book does a very good job in marketing eBay (both as a selling enterprise, and its individual services) and in convincing readers to sign up for their own accounts. That's not an easy balance to achieve without being a hypocrite. But the author even promotes environmental responsibilites, which kind of defies the notion of being a hypocrite, such as being a mere greedy prick behind the smile. It's more than that.

So this is a good book, not only content-wise, but also motivation-wise.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool book, July 30, 2009

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Even if you know everything about Ebay, you'll find something new in this book. Really good book for reference use & for beginners. Just contains neat tid bits of usuable information you might otherwise not know.

1.0 out of 5 stars POOR way to take people's money!, February 3, 2009

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A paid employee convincing the naive, that they too can sell on ebay, while ebay is implementing policies created to destroy the small sellers' businesses and sellers of used items, one-of-a-kind items and unique items. Unless you truly have millions of items to place in bulk, this book and ebay are useless to you. If you want the truth about ebay, read it for free on the internet by searching, "Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO Petition" and at glassdoor.