Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Buying or Selling on the Internet

Have you used a website like Craigslist or EBay to buy or sell something? What was the experience like? Would you use such a service again? If you haven't, detail how you have sold or bought something outside the environment of a retailer.

I've used EBay to buy a lot of things. I actually just bought a purse two weeks ago using EBay. I love EBay. It's very user friendly. You simply type in what you are shopping for and it matches keywords up to what's being sold. A lot of the times you can get really good buys on stuff, like designer jeans, shoes, phone covers, and so on. The items can be new or used. There's usually multiple pictures of the item as well as dimensions, color, gender type, condition, size, color, and so on listed under the information of the item. Also, some of the items, if there are multiples of the product have a "Buy Now" option. Sometimes the "Buy Now" option is more expensive then what you'd first bid, but it's a guarantee of you getting the item. When you place a bid on an item, you bid until you are the highest bidder. Once someone outbids you, you can try to outbid them if you have any time left on the sale. It's a very simple process, anyone could do it. I would definitely use this service again. I use it all the time looking for online deals I could possibly snag. Sometimes I just roam the website looking for anything I could potentially use.

1 comment:

  1. How do you compare the breadth of things to buy on eBay vs. a more traditional seller? Do they have "more" or a similar diversity of selection?

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