Archive for the ‘EBay’ Category
Friday, June 19th, 2009
A fairly well-traveled post of mine, "Why PayPal makes it a chore to pay by credit card," needs an update.
I bought some replacement batteries for our wireless phones off of eBay last night (how I can get two of them from Hong Kong, shipped, for under $6, I'll never know) ...
Posted in Banking, EBay, Shopping | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
And if you bid on Swoopo.com, please stop. Even if you've won an auction. I can just about guarantee you'll pay back every cent you saved on that one auction win, plus a lot more.
Swoopo bills itself as an auction site, but the auctions are little more than giant, real-time, ...
Posted in Deals and Steals, EBay | 19 Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
I was revising the prices of some of my items on my eBay store and noticed that eBay has taken keen notice of inflated shipping charges. EBay charges sellers fees based on the final sale price of the item but not on the shipping, so it has taken aim at ...
Posted in Business, EBay, Making Money | 12 Comments »
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Man, it took the grace of God not to hit a new seller with negative feedback on his second auction. I bought a programming book off of eBay. I checked the auction description and it looked like the book and edition I wanted. I bid a little bit less ...
Posted in EBay | 4 Comments »