Comments on: Big Ticket Items on eBay, Part 1

By: Easy On Me

Easy On Me — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:34:04 +0000

Sort of an addiction for me, which, as my wife intended, has been somewhat mitigated by eSnipe.

By: Easy On Me

Easy On Me — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:03 +0000

I *love* the idea of you dropping some science on Leo LaPorte! He’s great, but he does seem to be an eBay noob.

By: Mary Lou Walbergh

Mary Lou Walbergh — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:07 +0000

I heard Leo LaPorte, the Tech Guy, on the radio say that he thought he was losing his money on a $2,500 item he’d purchased on eBay and never received, and I tried to call in to tell him that the best way to avoid this is to pay using PayPal, and then put it on a credit card. You have 90 days to deny a credit card charge, so you are protected both by PayPal AND your credit card company.
PayPal, of course, doesn’t want you using a credit card, and has very quaint ways of trying to prevent this, making the Other Funding Options button very hard to find, and posting a whole page trying to talk you out of it, but it’s quite possible, even easy. And then you get all those lovely points for flying, or cash back, or whatever.
Mary Lou
PS I see now that you ARE Tom! Nice to talk to you again.

By: Mary Lou Walbergh

Mary Lou Walbergh — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:07 +0000

By: Easy On Me

Easy On Me — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:51:09 +0000

@Iago, agreed. The seller is always smart to strike up a good relationship with the buyer of a high ticket item. Makes it much easier to sell to that same customer later, and customers are much cheaper to keep than to acquire. I should have mentioned it. In fact I think you might have inspired a future post!

By: Iago

Iago — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:59:23 +0000

“. . . one that punctures your conscious thought processes and goes right to your reptilian brain.” Excellent way of putting this point, hilarious and oh so true. This is a spot-on article, well-written and very informative. I would be remiss (love that word) too in not bearing the importance of relationships in mind when I am both selling and buying via an online auction site. Either selling or buying? Well, you probably know what I mean. Thanx for the reminder.

By: Easy On Me

Easy On Me — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:11:07 +0000

@Tim, thanks for catching that typo. Corrected.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:41:29 +0000

Referring to the ESCROW SERVICE on eBay:
typo: You may also not now that …
s/b: You may also not know that …