Buying and Selling on eBay (Cliffs Notes)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
• Published by: John Wiley & Sons Inc. December 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764585282
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764585289
• Book Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 5.6 ounces

Product Description


One man's used espresso machine is another man's eBay miracle buy. Hop onto the Internet's hip, hot auction site, and discover virtual bidding, selling, and bargain hunting. Searching for the merchandise you want, strategies for naming your price, and protecting yourself from fraud are just a few essentials covered.

About The Author
Greg Holden is founder and president of a small business called Stylus Media, which is a group of editorial, design, and computer professionals who produce both print and electronic publications. The company gets its name from a recording stylus, that reads the traces left on a disk by voices or instruments and translates those signals into electronic data that can be amplified and enjoyed by many.

One of the ways Greg enjoys communicating is through explaining technical subjects in nontechnical language by writing computer books, which help other people use the Web to share their own personal and professional interests. Starting an Online Business For Dummies® is his ninth book. Recently, Greg also coordinated a chat event on the Internet, prepared content for a CD-ROM tutorial that shows small business owners how to create their own Web sites, and helped produce technical manuals on Java and Lotus Notes.

Greg balances his technical expertise and his entrepreneurial experience with his love of literature. He received a M.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, but that only gave him an official credential for what he had been doing since he was a tiny tot. As a preschooler, barely big enough to hold the book, he was displayed by his proud but rather puzzled parents as the kid who read from the encyclopedia to impress his relatives at family gatherings. You can read about some of his past and present triumphs and traumas in the poetry and short stories that he scribbles down at odd moments.

After graduating from college, Greg became a reporter for his hometown newspaper, first covering sewers and school boards and then working his way up to having his own column (called "So It Goes"), in which he voiced his perspective on the world. Working at the publications office at the University of Chicago was his next job, and it was there that he started to use computers. He discovered, as the technology became available, that he loved desktop publishing (with the Macintosh and LaserWriter and, later on, the World Wide Web).

Greg loves to travel, but since his two daughters were born, he hasn't been able to get around much. However, through the Web, he enjoys traveling vicariously and meeting people online. He lives with his family in an old house in Chicago that he has been rehabbing for -- well, for many years now. He is a collector of objects such as pens, cameras, radios, and hats. He is always looking for things to take apart so that he can see how they work and fix them up. Many of the same skills prove useful in creating and maintaining Web pages. Greg is an active member of Jewel Heart, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation and study group based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Reader Reviews
Alot of speculation has come out in the recent months about why ebay suspends sellers, but one thing is sure...it isn't the same game anymore. Several other websites including http://www.ebaysucks.com, http://www.auctionwatch.com mention concern over the recent account suspensions that are unwarranted. This author gives some good information, but it is extremely outdated. Any time you buy a hard copy, it's going to be at least a year out of date, especially when dealing with an ever changing company like ebay. Not to mention he doesn't even get into the "real world" aspects of ebaying. Other websites like http://ebaysuspension.ezguidebooks.com give much more detailed, relevant and current information. I recommend the author check out those sites and update his book.