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eBay For Dummies

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I love the book it was so help full Chapter 12 helped me get my pictures on Ebay in a snap. I would recomend this book to any one just starting out on Ebay or any one that has used Ebay because you can always find out new and helpful things. Roland Woerner, Stephanie Becker, and Marsha Collier did a great job in putting it together with a since of hummor.

I've been on ebay for a year or so and have sold and bought many items. I bought this book and learned superior ways around the ebay service. Actually, I haven't lost an auction since I read the chapter on bidding. The book also helped me save money on shipping my items. Read this book whether you're a beginner or really into ebay. It'll fill in the blanks that you can't find in other books.

After reading this book, I learned a few tricks that, I'm sure, are not on the eBay approved list. The information on how to snipe is great, I've put that scenario into action and it works every time. The explanation of how to bid in the Dutch auctions helped me win several at a lower price than I would have paid in the past. There was also much information on ebay "ins and outs" that I never knew before. You can't go wrong with this book.

Do you need this book to be successful on eBay? Obviously not, since it was just published. But, if you want answers for everything you could ever think to ask in one convenient location, tips for the neophyte and the seasoned pro alike, this book is for you. Keep this handy, refer to it often, and, as the authors preach, check the feedback.

Within two days after purchasing this book, I went online to the ebay site and posted an ISDN modem for sale that was gathering dust in my closet for over a year. Two days later, I was richer by $ 100 after it sold. Now I am searching the house to see what else I can sell. The book is totally thorough with simple instructions on all phases of using ebay. A great addition to the long line of great dummies books

I heard about this book and decided to give it a try. As a sixty eight year old woman just learning the ramifications of selling and buying on eBay, it has certainly proved itself. My knowlege and income have definitely increased since using this excellent teaching tool. My suggestion to one of the anonymous negative reviewers would be, perhaps you should consult a dictionary to learn the correct spelling of "tying", instead of wasting time insulting people who might need this research.

My thank you to the authors for helping me to develop my skills.

A step by step look into the world of Ebay. Honest and easy-to-read chapters will send any future Ebayer on their way to successful auction bliss. Full of useful advice, which is written with humerous intent, guides the reader through the jungle of online auction landmines. An absolute necessity whether you are buying or selling via the internet highway!

Ebay was very confusing to us. We wanted to put photos in our auctions and make them attactive to buyers and just couldn't do it. Ebay for Dummies gave us alot of information, we've noticed an improvement in our company's ebay auctions already. I'd reccomend this book to buyers and sellers of all levels. We keep it next to our computer for reference!

This book is great for beginners - there's nothing like flipping through a book to find answers quickly instead of wading through an online site. And even experienced eBayers will find the book handy to have on hand. (But if you have been doing eBay for 2 years, you probably don't need the book, so what are you doing here anyway??)

I think this book will get more people involved in online auctions, and they will be better informed, which is a good thing for everyone with something to sell on eBay!

I will admit that anytime I have to learn anything new with computers, I just cringe, since my talents are not in that direction. But setting up auctions for the sale of items on ebay mandated that I plunge into yet another round of reference books allied to computer use. The "Dummies" books seemed well titled for me and this was the first of them I've tried. I did glean a lot of information from reading this book. I ended up improving my listings on ebay so that they look better, for one. I'm still not as far along as I'd like though because I do even better with computer and allied computer books which are very heavily illustrated. So I still want to buy an ebay book which has profuse illustrations on every page, many in color, to further my ability with the ebay auctions. For example, showing a sample of a gallery page, alongside a page that is items with gallery previews, would have told me instantly what ebay was trying to accomplish with that distinction. Without seeing that illustrated, however, I just had to stumble around ebay and figure it out for myself. Reading about something that visual in this book didn't bring the concept home to me. Now I want to learn FrontPage 2000 for computers. This time, however, I ordered one of those visual books instead to see if I can learn how-to-do FP 2000 in one go.