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`Part l: Forget the Mali: Getting a Fee! for eBay
`Chapter 1: Why eBay Is Better Than Your Local Antique Shop ...................................9
`Chapter 2: The Bucks Start Here: Signing Up at eBay ................................................. 19
`Chapter 3: There’s No Place Like the Home Page .......................................................31
`Chapter 4: My Own Private eBay ...................................................................................47
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`Part Ii: Are you Buying What They’re Seliing?
`Chapter 5: Seek and You Shall Find: Research ............................................................. 73
`Chapter 6: Bidding: The Basics ......................................................................................93
`Chapter 7: Power Bidding Strategies .......................................................................... 117
`Chapter 8: After You Win the Auction ......................................................................... 129
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`Chapter 9: Selling in Your Bedroom Slippers for Fun and Profit ............................. 143
`Chapter 10: Filling in the Blanks: Cyber Paperwork for the Savvy Seller ............... 167
`Chapter 11: Going, Going, Gone: Closing the Deal
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`Chapter 12: Troubleshooting Your Auction ............................................................... 211
`Chapter 13: Using Pictures and Strategies to Increase Your Profits .......................231
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`Part W: 01; Veg, More eBayh Specie! Features
`Chapter 14: Privacy: To Protect and Serve ................................................................251
`Chapter 15: eBay’s Rules & Safety Program ...............................................................265
`Chapter 16: The eBay Community: Playing Nice with Other eBay Members ........ 285
`Chapter 17: Charities and Special Features ............................................................... 297
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`Part V: The Part of Tens 303
`Chapter 18: Ten (Or So) Golden Rules for eBay Buyers and Sellers .......................305
`Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Programs and Services to Ease Your Way on eBay .........311
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`Appendix 3: Ansoiers for the Fanatic:
`Finding More Stuff to Se” ........................................ 333
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`plenty of personal space. This space is called the My eBay page, and
`it's your private listing of all your activities on eBay — sort of a “This is your
`eBay life." We think it’s the greatest organizational tool around and want to
`talk to somebody about getting one for organizing life outside of eBay.
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`In this chapter, we show you how you can use the My eBay page to keep tabs
`on what you’re buying and selling, find out how much money you’ve spent,
`and add categories to your own personalized list so you can get to any
`favorite eBay place with just a click of your mouse. We give you the ins and
`outs of feedback — what it is, why it can give you that warm, fuzzy feeling,
`and how to manage it so all that cyber—positive reinforcement doesn’t go to
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`Using your My eBay page makes keeping track of your eBay life a whole lot
`easier. And getting there is easy enough. After you register at eBay, you have
`two easy ways to get to your My eBay page. The most practical way to enter
`eBay is always through the Sign In link (see Chapter 3). If you haven’t signed
`in, you can access your My eBay page by following these steps:
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`1. 0n the top of any eBay page, click the My eBay link in the upper-right
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`You’re sent to the My eBay Sign In page (see Figure 4-1).
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`2. Type in your User ID and password.
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`If you forget your eBay User ID, you can type in your e-mail address
`instead. Your User ID appears in any search results, posts, or pages that
`come up using your e-mail address.
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`Before moving on to the next step, you may want to scroil down to the
`area that enables you to update your eBay information. At the bottom of
`the My eBay Sign In page are some extremely handy links. Although (as a
`new eBay member) you don’t need to do all this stuff right away, links
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`3. Click the Enter button to enter My eBay.
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`You’ve arrived at your My eBay page (see Figure 4-2).
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`Don‘t confuse the My eBay page with the About Me page. The About Me page
`is a personal home page that you can create to let other eBay members know
`about you. (You don't have to have an About Me page if you don’t want to.)
`We tell you all about the About Me page in Chapter 13.
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`Save yourself time and bookmark this page. eBay lets you view your page from
`a bookmark. But note that to take advantage of the Sign In feature, you still
`have to (you guessed it) sign in.
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`Choosing your My way firefereuces
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`One of the tabs at the top of your My eBay page is Preferences. eBay created
`the Preferences feature to help you avoid having to type your password
`every time you do certain activities, such as bid, check your account bal-
`ance, and participate in auctions. The only catch is that you have to sign in
`before you can set your preferences.
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`The first time you enter the Preferences page (by ciicking the Preferences tab
`on the My eBay page), you see that eBay requires you to sign in before going
`any further. So, click on the link above the navigation bar and sign in. After
`you do so with your User ED and password, a link appears, offering to send
`you back to the Preferences tab. Click the link, and you’re presented with the
`Sign In and Display Preferences page. The options boxes have checks in
`them. You can customize those options by clearing the checks from the
`boxes (one click per box does it). Choosing your options by pointing and
`clicking is a little like ordering dinner at a Chinese restaurant: Choose what
`you want and pass the soy sauce.
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`your browser to bookmark your My eBay page as a favorite. Doing so saves
`you a lot of keystrokes later on. Some folks make their My eBay page their
`browser home page so they can see it the minute they log in. That's dedica-
`tion. You still have to Sign In to avoid inputting your User ID and password at
`every turn.
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`Setting Up your Account
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`When you first explore your My eBay page, you’ll see that your eBay account
`has not been activated. The eBay folks only charge you a fee when you list
`something to sell. Even if the item doesn’t sell, eBay keeps the fee. It doesn‘t
`cost you a nickel in fees to look around or sign up — or even to buy. C For
`details on how eBay charges you for its services, see Chapter 9.)
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`Even though you’ve already become a registered eBay user (if you haven’t
`registered see Chapter 2), you don’t have to submit your credit card informa-
`tion until you plan to list an item for auction or until you bid in an auction
`that has special rules requiring a credit card. You can provide eBay with this
`credit card information right from your My eBay Account page. Figure 4-3
`shOWS you what the Account section of the My eBay page is all about.
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`You can look up every detail of your account history, as well as make
`changes to your personal preferences (such as how and when you want to
`pay fees). If you think eBay owes you money, you can do a refund request
`from here as well. Before you jump into the money game, you may want to
`review the links eBay gives you to manage your money:
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`1/ Fees and Credits. Click here to get a complete explanation of the eBay
`fee structure.
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`V" Payment Terms. Click here to get a complete explanation of how eBay
`collects its fees.
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`V’ Use a Credit Card for Automatic Billing. Although ali sellers must pro-
`vide a credit card, you don’t have to use this credit card to pay your
`monthly fees "— unless you’re using one of eBay‘s international sites,
`which require credit-card payment. You may pay with a check or money
`order if you wish. Click here and fill in the information. Even though
`eBay weicomes Visa, you may also use your American Express, Discover,
`or MasterCard. You can also change credit cards here at any time. Every
`month, eBay charges your card for fees you incurred the previous
`month. You can see these charges on your credit card statement as weil
`as on your eBay accOunt.
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`When you give eBay your credit card information, eBay attempts to
`authorize your card immediately. Your credit company‘s response,
`either Declined or Approved, appears on your Account Status page.
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`1" Credit Request. If you sell an item and the buyer backs out (usually, this
`is even rarer than a blue moon), you can at least get a refund on some of
`the fees that eBay charges you as a seller. These are the final value fees,
`and they’re based on the selling price of the item. This link takes you to
`the Final Value Fee Credit Request page.
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`Before you can collect a Final Value Fee refund, the following conditions
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`6 After your auction, you have to allow bidders at least seven busi-
`ness days to contact you.
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`0 After the seven days have eiapsed and you have the feeling that
`you’re not going to see your money, you must file a Non-Faying
`Bidder Alert. After you file this notice, eBay sends you and the
`bidder a very ominous e—mail reminding the bidder to complete the
`transaction. You have up to 45 days from the end of the auction to
`file this alert — and you can‘t get a Final Value Fee credit without
`filing this alert.
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`your “work out” period — the period where you and the bidder
`hopefully complete your transaction. You may try to give the
`bidder a call to resolve the situation during this time.
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`- After the 10 days have passed but no more than 60 days have
`elapsed since the end of the auction, you may file for a Final Value
`Fee credit.
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`l r/ Refunds. it your account has a credit balance in it of $1 or more that
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`sonalized form. Print out the form on the page, fill it out, and then either
`fax it or send it by mail to eBay.
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`you don’t want eBay making monthly charges on your credit card, you
`can make a one-time payment. Ciick the link to make a payment. To pay
`by check, you need an eBay payment coupon, which you can get by
`typing in your User ID and password (if you'd have used the Sign In fea-
`ture, you wouldn‘t have to do this), clicking either the Check or Money
`Order payment button, printing out the coupon page, and following the
`directions. If you want to make a one—time credit card payment, click the
`credit card box and get to an SSL-secured area to type in your informa-
`tion. Click Submit, and the stuff is sent to eBay for processing. Just that
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`are charged if you bounce a check, miss a payment, or use Canadian dol-
`lars instead of US. dollars. You‘re supposed to get an e-mail invoice at
`the end of the month, but even if you don’t, eBay expects to be paid on
`time. A word to the wise: Keep close tabs on your account status if you
`choose to pay this way.
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`No matter what payment option you choose, you can check your account
`status at any time. Your account status lists all your transactions with eBay
`over the last two months. If you want a more detailed account, you can click
`the Entire Account link on your Account page and see a record of every trans-
`action you’ve ever done.
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`When you choose to see your entire account, eBay may take a little while to
`put all your transactions on—screen. How long depends on the number of auc-
`tions you’ve run at eBay. Don‘t be alarmed. eBay’s just sifting through the
`endless list of completed auctions that have been run on the site. Just
`another example of why people say the www in Web addresses really stands
`for World Wide Wait.
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`Note that the Account page also has a new feature called Online Payments by
`Billpoint. if you use the Billpoint service for transactions at eBay, you can use
`the following links:
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`l: 1/ Summary. To see the current sales and purchases on your My Bilipoint
`account.
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` W User Profile. To view and edit your personal information.
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`1/ Deposits & Fees. For details of your previous and upcoming bank
`transfers.
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`Getting your Favorites Area Together
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`Part of the fun of eBay is actually searching around for stuff that you’d never
`in a million years think of looking for. Wacky stuff aside, most eBay users
`spend their time hunting for specific items —- say, Barbies, Elvis memorabilia,
`or US. stamps. That's why eBay came up with the Favorites area of your My
`eBay page. Whenever yOu view your My eBay Favorites page, you see a list of
`four of your favorite categories. Because eBay isn‘t psychic, you have to tell
`it what you want listed.
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`You can only choose four categories to be your favorites, so with over 4,000
`categories to choose from, you need to make your choices count. If you’re
`having a hard time narrowing down your category picks, don’t worry: Your
`choices aren’t set in stone. You can change your Favorites list whenever you
`want. (Chapter 3 offers details on eBay categories.)
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`To choose your favorite categories and list them on your My eBay Favorites
`page, follow these steps:
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`1. Click the Favorites tab and click the Here tink further down the page.
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`The link takes you to the User Preferences page.
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`2. Scroll down the User Preferences page to the Favorite Category 1
`heading.
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`You see four separate windows, each containing category listings. These
`windows contain all of eBay’s categories and subcategories and sub
`subcategories and sub—sub—subcategories.
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`3. In the far left column, click the category you want.
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`Automatically, the column to the right changes to reflect more choices
`based on the main category you selected. Be sure to highlight the cate-
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`Depending on your choices, you may have to scroll through each
`window to find the subcategory you’re looking for. Once you’ve com-
`pleted your choice, a number appears in the window at the top. That’s
`your category number.
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`5. Repeat this process for Favorites Category 2 through Category 4.
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`If you don’t want to use all four choices, just delete any numbers in the
`chosen category window.
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`6. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
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`You get an acknowledgment that your changes have been made. Just
`click the My eBay link at the top of the page, and you see that your new
`favorite categories are waiting for you.
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`Remember, if you’re not signed in you have to enter your User ID and
`password.
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`How specific to get when choosing your favorites depends on how many items
`you want to see. The more you narrow down your focus, the fewer items you
`have to wade through. The more general your favorite, the broader the range
`of items you have to View. Just below each of your favorites are five options
`for screening your favorites (see Figure 4—5). Which link you choose to view
`auctions depends on what kind of information you’re looking for. Whether
`you’re doing some preliminary searching on a category or monitoring the last
`few days (or minutes) of an auction, there’s a link that sorts auctions and
`meets your needs best.
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`Here’s a iist of the sorting options and when to use them:
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`3% 1! Current: Shows you every item currentiy being auctioned in the cate-
`gory, with the newest items shown first. If you want to iook at all the cur—
`rent auctions for a category, you end up with a gaziiiion pages of items
`awaiting saie in a particular category for the next week.
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`M New Today: Shows you every item that was put up for auction during
`the past 24 hours. The iittle rising sun icon (picture) next to the item
`telis you that the item was listed today.
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`i/ Ending Today: Shows you every auction that is closing today. The
`ending time is printed in red if the auction cioses within five hours.
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`if you’re pressed for time, we suggest that you use either the category
`link New Today or Ending Today. Both of these iinits automatically
`narrow down the number of listed auctions to a manageable number. For
`more information on narrowing down searches at eBay, see Chapter 5.
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`1’ Completed: Shows you every auction that ended in the last two days.
`The Compieted link gives you a good idea of how the market is going for
`an item, which helps you plan your own buying.
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`1" Going, Going, Gone: Shows you every auction that’s ending in the next
`five hours, all the way down to the last few seconds. This link offers a
`great way to find items you can bid on down to the wire.
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`When you view auctions from the Going, Going, Gone link. remember
`that eBay only updates this page every hour or so, so be sure to read the
`Auction End time. (Use the eBay time conversion chart on our Web site,
`www . cool at) a ytool s . com, to decipher time differences.) Due to this
`same hourly update, sometimes the Going, Going, Gone items actually
`are gone —- the auction has ended.
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`Got the time? eBay does. Click eBay Official Time (you can find it on the far
`left column of the Site Map or on the page with results of any search). The
`eBay clock is so accurate that you can set your watch to it. And you may
`want to, especially if you plan to get a last—second bid in before an auction
`closes. After all, eBay's official time is, um, official. A quick link to the eBay
`current date and time that you may want to bookmark is
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`cgi3.ebay.comlaw—cgi /el3ayISAPI .di 1 ?TimeShow
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`Mi Sorts of Sorting: Keeping
`Traci? of your Auction items
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`If you want to keep tabs on the items you’re selling and bidding on (and why
`wouldn‘t you?), start thinking about how to sort them before you start look-
`ing for the first item you want to bid on. That’s also pretty good advice for
`planning your own first auction.
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`Sorting auction items using
`the Mg eBay Sign in page
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`Sometimes it seems that eBay gives you too many options. There are eight —
`count 'em, eight— ways to sort items you‘re seiling and bidding on from the
`My eBay page. That gives you a lot of options to think about, dwell on, and
`ponder. Each sorting method does pretty much the same thing, so pick the
`one that catches your eye and don't lose any sleep over your choice. After
`all, life's too short -—- and here you can change anything by clicking your
`mouse on the option titles. (Wish the rest of life were like that?) Table 4-2
`goes into more detail about sorting methods.
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`Table 4-2
`Sorting Methods and What They Do
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`Sort by
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`Item
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`Lists items alphabetically by what they're called.
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`Start Price
`Lists items by their opening prices.
`Current Price Lists items by current highest bid. This listing changes often.
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`Sort by
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`Reserve
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`Quantity
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`Does This
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`Lists items by the secret reserve price you set when you started
`the auction (only for items you're selling). For more on reserve
`auctions, turn to She pter 10.
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`Lists items according to how many are available. For example, if
`you're bidding on an item in a Dutch auction, anywhere from 2
`to 100 of exactiy the same item may be auctioned atthe same
`time {see Chapters 7 and it] to see how Dutch auctions work).
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`# of Bids
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`Lists items by the number of bids they've received.
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`Start Date
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`Lists items based on when the auction began.
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`End Date PDT
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`tists items based on when the auction finishes. This is one
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`option that eBay automatically chooses for you if you don't
`select one on your own. This is the way most people view
`their lists.
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`All auctions at eBay are based on Pacific Dayiight or Standard Time, depend-
`ing on the time of year. This is true whether you live in sunny California or
`Vitamin-C—rich Florida or anywhere else in the world.
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`One thing you must decide is how long you want eBay to show the informa~
`tion about the items you’re buying and selling on your My eBay page. You can
`show an item's history for as long as 30 days. There’s a box on the My eBay
`page where you can type in how many days of eBay histOry you want to show
`on your pages (see Figure 4—6). Just type in the number of days you want to
`display information and click the Submit button.
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`Staying organized on your am:
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`Yeah, we’re going to bug you about printing stuff out -— not because we’re in
`cahoots with the paper industry but because we care. The best way to pro-
`tect yourself is to keep good records on your own. Don’t depend on eBay to
`cover you — not that eBay doesn’t care. But this is your money, so keep a
`close eye On it.
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`Now don’t become a pack rat and overdo it, but here’s a list of important doc—
`uments we think you should print and file whether you’re a buyer or a