Santa Shops on eBay: How to find deals, get organized, and give yourself the gift of time [Paperback]

Marsha Collier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470047089 | ISBN-13: 978-0470047088 | Publication Date: July 31, 2006 | Edition: 1

"Marsha Collier knows eBay like no one else. With her tips and insight, anyone can enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping online any time of year."
--Clarissa Parashar, eBay PowerSeller and owner of the eBay store Perpetual Vogue

The kids' concert is tonight, your brother's coming Saturday, and when are you going to shop?

Who has time for fun at the holidays? You will, when you learn these techniques and tactics for successful online shopping from Marsha Collier, the undisputed empress of eBay. Even if your previous forays online have produced only frustration--or if you've never tried at all--this step-by-step guide will make you a pro.

Here's how to shop safely, target your searches, make a list and check it twice, and even handle customer service problems. Discover the best sites to shop for teenagers, your boss, or hard-to-please Aunt Agatha, find out where to purchase perfect last-minute gifts and get them in time, and even pick up post-holiday bargains without ever hitting the mall. Your gift? Time!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Marsha Collier knows eBay like no one else. With her tips and insight, anyone can enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping online any time of year."
—Clarissa Parashar, eBay PowerSeller and owner of the eBay store Perpetual Vogue

The kids' concert is tonight, your brother's coming Saturday, and when are you going to shop?

Who has time for fun at the holidays? You will, when you learn these techniques and tactics for successful online shopping from Marsha Collier, the undisputed empress of eBay. Even if your previous forays online have produced only frustration—or if you've never tried at all—this step-by-step guide will make you a pro.

Here's how to shop safely, target your searches, make a list and check it twice, and even handle customer service problems. Discover the best sites to shop for teenagers, your boss, or hard-to-please Aunt Agatha, find out where to purchase perfect last-minute gifts and get them in time, and even pick up post-holiday bargains without ever hitting the mall. Your gift? Time!

About the Author

Marsha Collier is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost eBay expert. She launched her first eBay business in the site's infancy and put her daughter through college on the profits. Marsha teaches eBay University courses, gives seminars, has appeared on NBC's Today Show and ABC's The View, and is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including eBay For Dummies and Starting an eBay Business For Dummies (Wiley).

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470047089
• ISBN-13: 978-0470047088
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,204,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In 1998 Marsha created the first edition of eBay For Dummies, then, followed up the success of the first book with a second book targeting individuals interested in making e-commerce their full time profession, Starting an eBay Business For Dummies. That book became an instant nationwide hit, making several notable Best Seller lists. Since then, Marsha has updated each of her books and published many more.

On a lighter note, for buyers who want to get a good deal online, Marsha penned a fun book, Santa Shops on eBay. Marsha's books have sold over 1,000,000 copies. (Not including the special editions in foreign countries; two in Australia, two in Canada and two in the United Kingdom - as well as translations in Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese and German).

Along with her writing, Marsha is also an experienced e-commerce educator. She was the lead instructor for eBay University (teaching at seminars all over the United States), as well as a regular presenter at the eBay Live national convention since its inception. Marsha also hosted "Make Your Fortune Online," a PBS special on online business that premiered in 2005. The show was the basis for her PBS premium five DVD set, "Your Online Business Plan." In 2006, she was invited to address the Innovations Conference in Singapore to present the ideas of e-commerce to a new market. In 2008, she was dubbed one of twenty influential iCitizens in Kelly Mooney's The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web Made World.

During the holiday season, she also does several national satellite media tours to explain the safety of shopping online. She hosts Computer & Technology Radio on KTRB 860 AM in San Francisco - as well as on the web at www.computerandtechnologyradio.com. She also makes regular appearances on television, radio, and in print to discuss customer needs and online commerce.

Marsha currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. She can be reached via her Web site, www.marshacollier.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-Have for eBay shopping!, August 3, 2006

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Tigereye "tigereye1" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Santa Shops on eBay: How to find deals, get organized, and give yourself the gift of time (Paperback)

Santa Shops on eBay is yet another great eBay book by Marsha! It starts out with straightforward, sound advice about how to shop on eBay, and how to shop with confidence to score those unique gifts at the best prices from the best merchants. Marsha's conversational style is very readable, presenting her obvious expertise with a common-sense approach.

I recommend this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Santa Shops on eBay is A++++++++, July 26, 2008

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J. Kennel "marriagefanatic" (Terre Haute, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santa Shops on eBay: How to find deals, get organized, and give yourself the gift of time (Paperback)

Marsha Collier is a trusted author and eBay expert who has written a great book about buying for the holidays. The bonuses in the book are numerous--if you're a buyer or seller on eBay you will find tips and stores to visit and ways to streamline your daily activities. She is smart and has written a book that is very helpful for navigating eBay, especially for Christmas shopping. This book is from 2006 but is still not totally outdated as many books about eBay and the internet are after this amount of time. Great read, and obviously the price is right too. Highly recommended book and author!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars New to ebay, July 3, 2007

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Bellabee "bargin hunter" (WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Santa Shops on eBay: How to find deals, get organized, and give yourself the gift of time (Paperback)

This is a great book if you want to find ebay stores in a hurry! However I did find that some of these stores no longer exist. It will give the novice ebay shopper great insight on how to shop and buy.