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The
newsletter for
Issue 0901
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The newsletter for eBay and QXL users in the
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This latest
issue is now also available online at
http://www.workwinners.com/newsletter/0901.htm
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In this
issue:-
1. Personal Note from the editor
2. It's arrived!!!
3. Don't get banned
4. Five Tips for safe buying on eBay or QXL
5. Someone's auctioning WHAT??
6. Finally ......
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Inspirational
quote of the day
"Don't
judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds
you
plant"
Robert
Louis Stevenson
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1. Personal
Note from the editor
Brian
McGregor speaking...
I apologise
for missing producing an issue in August. This was
due to a
close family bereavement - my partner's mother
unfortunately passing away after a short illness. During this
period I
really wasn't able or inclined to put much time into
anything
else.
We're back
on track now, and count our own blessings that we are
in good
health.
On an
official note, you receive the UK Internet Auction Users
Newsletter
because you have bought from me or enquired about my
auction
items on eBay or QXL.
I have no
wish to encourage S-P*A-M, so if you do not want to
receive
this newsletter, the only one dedicated to
sellers,
you can unsubscribe by sending a blank email to
remove@workwinners.com
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2. It's Arrived!!!
It's been a
long time coming!
I've said
it was coming in most of my recent newsletters!
I've
sweated blood and tears over it!
Now - it's
here.....
My new eBook is available, and is launched on Monday, 29th
September,
2003.
As I
promised, as a reader of my newsletter, you are finding out
about it
first.
The eBook is called "The eBay Formula" and shows
people how to
sell
successfully on
As I have
mentioned before, I was fed up finding that all the
decent eBooks on eBay were American based.
You will
probably realise that eBay.com - the American eBay - is
MASSIVE!
They have around 10 million items on there at any one
time. And
they get 4 BILLION page views each month.
With that
traffic, it isn't surprising that eBay say over 100,000
Americans
make a full-time living selling on eBay.
Here in the
have
about 1 million items on sale, with 4 million visitors per
month.
If you want to sell successfully on
to
developing it into a full-time business, in my experience you
have to
do certain things exceptionally well. This is what "The
eBay
Formula" is all about.
But I don't
want to re-write the eBook in this newsletter.
If you're
interested in "The eBay Formula", you can find out all
about it
at my information page here:
http://www.workwinners.com/ebf/nloffer.htm
And, as I
promised, the eBook is available at a Special Price
for
my
newsletter readers. You will see this on the information page.
If you're
in the market to make extra money via the internet or
hope to
go full-time, and you want to do it through eBay.co.uk,
then I
guarantee "The eBay Formula" will help you.
As with all
the information products I write, you get my normal
moneyback guarantee. So, it might be worth a look....
And that's
the end of my blatant advert. I'm sorry about that,
it's just
such a momentous moment for me.
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3. Don't
get banned
I've
recently has a little bother with my friends at eBay.co.uk
They have
taken it upon themselves to delete some of my auctions.
I have to
admit that everything they did was probably fair
enough.
The items I
had deleted were because I had inadvertently used
some
copyrighted film titles in an auction I run about an eBook
on buying
cheap DVDs.
Anyone who
owns a trademark, or a copyrighted name or phrase, can
complain
to eBay if these are used in auctions. So I was told
that Time
Warner had complained about my auction. The mighty Time
Warner? In
a way I'm flattered.
However,
even though eBay refund your listing fees whenever they
close
your auction down in this way, in practice it caused me
lost time
and lost auctions.
So, my
advice is that you spend a little time reviewing eBay's
listing
policies, and bring any of your auctions into line if
need be.
Whilst this
may not appear to be too critical, if you do it
repeatedly
eBay can suspend your membership. As my User ID
concerned
had over 600 feedback rating, you can be sure I won't
be
risking it again!
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4. Five
Tips for safe buying on eBay or QXL
Sorry to
have to concentrate on the negative, but the popularity
of
auction sites means that they have become a target for
sophisticated fraudsters. Here are five tips about this.
Check out
your seller
Make sure
your seller has a solid feedback rating, and that
feedbacks
are linked to an item. If you're bidding on a higher
value
item, I wouldn't consider buying from a seller with less
than 25
feedback rating. Even with a good rating, check for any
neutral
or negative feedbacks the seller has received. See if the
seller
has responded to these - you can tell a lot about a seller
from the
way they handle a "complaint" Email the seller too, with
a
question about the item. Good, attentive sellers will email you
back
usually within 24 hours. If they don't get back to you in
that
timescale, it doesn't make them dishonest but it may pay you
to be
more cautious.
Don't wait
for the horse to bolt
Print out
the winning auction page as your evidence of the
transaction.
If the unthinkable happens and you need to
communicate
with a credit card company about a dispute it is much
easier if
you have hard copy of the auction.
Stick to
your maximum
Although it
doesn't happen much over here in the
bidding
will increasingly occur. If you didn't know, shill
bidding
is where the seller uses another User ID to increase the
bidding on
his/her item. There are several nuances to shill
bidding,
but if you stick to a maximum limit on anything you're
bidding
for you won't be taken in by them. As a derivation of
this,
beware of any item where User's with zero or very low
feedback
ratings are bidding against each other. They may be new
IDs set up
by the seller for the purpose of driving up the
bidding.
If this occurs, check out the seller's other auctions -
you might
see a pattern emerge!
Be safe
There are
several groups now operating across
hijacked
online auction accounts. they hijack existing accounts
to gain
reputable feedback. They typically do this by emailing
members
and pretending to be "eBay security" or "QXL membership
department",
asking the recipient to confirm their User ID and
Password. One way to detect them is to find users who
typically
selling
low value items who are now selling top end digital
cameras,
laptops, TVs, sound systems etc. Their
auctions might
include
phrases such as 'email me for special buy now price'.
What they
are looking for is to get in email conversation with
you where
they can suggest you pay them a discounted price
through
an escrow service they suggest (which will be a
fraudulent
service), or to send payment by
do this -
you will never see your money again.
Keep your
ear to the ground
Make a
habit of looking in on eBay's Community pages and checking
out the
Discussion Boards. You will find out here all the nasties
that are
currently happening
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5.
Someone's auctioning WHAT????
Regular
readers will know that in this section of the newsletter
I point out
half a dozen unusual auctions currently on eBay and
QXL.
Well to day
I'm going to be lazy. There is a site in
(where else) which contains a large number of unusual
auctions
which
have appeared on eBay.
I thought
you might find some of the items amusing.
So, this
time, I'm suggesting you take a look at the site in
question,
and I'll be back with more new unusual auctions in the
next
edition of the newsletter.
Here's the
web address:
http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/index.html
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6. Finally .....
I have been
using eBay and QXL for around two years, initially
for
buying, but very quickly I started selling items. My current
feedback
ratings are 861 on eBay and 126 on QXL.
I have four
User IDs, three on eBay and one on QXL.
eBay User
IDs: gbm0, workwinners, jmcollie
QXL User
ID: bptrad
If you want
to look at the items I currently have on auction, use
Advanced
Search on eBay or QXL, and key in my seller ID.
I also
write Special Reports, and you can see all of these at my
web site:
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And finally...
If you are
changing email addresses soon please put a note on
your
calendar to send a blank email to:
newsletter@workwinners.com
...AFTER
you get your new email address.
I don't
want to lose touch with you!
If a friend
sent you this newsletter, you need to send a blank
email to:
newsletter@workwinners.com
That way
you can get your own copy next time!
And thank
you for the gracious comments send by readers during
the
recent weeks. My partner and I really appreciate it.
Regards
Brian
McGregor
Editor -
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