How to be streetwise on E-bay.

[Redgy]

I used paypal to buy some books from the states & it works well. The poor bugga over there got ripped by me though, he didn't want to send to Aus but I talked him into it so he got a price off the USPS website for $70USD postage After I won the bid & the deal was done, he went to actually post the package it cost him about $125USD. He was p'd off but at himself not me & never asked me to pay any extra. I've only had one bad deal & that was from a business (power seller over 2000 deals) in australia buying some tools...never again with them.

Reg

[echnidna]

Interesting thread.My wife are starting to take a interest in ebay but are worried about using a credit card.
What method do most people use to pay on ebay
Regards Terry

I use a VISA debit card attached to an account with limited funds.
I registered with paypal and use that for international stuff & sometimes oz stuff.
Most oz stuff I do by direct debit. I used to go to a local branch of the vendors bank as it minbimises charges.

Coz I live in the sticks most of the local bank branches are 40 odd km away so I have started to direct debit online.

[Sir Stinkalot]

What I don't fully understand is.....how do you find out how much things are worth ? ,,, so that you can work out what your maximum bid will be.

Your maximium bid is the maximum that you are willing to pay for an item .... after all it is your maximum bid.

When I place a bid I never look at the value of the item .... I think if I was to buy that what would I consider a bargin or good value. Sometimes you miss it othertimes its yours.