Originally Posted by eightylady
I see posts/threads that say "go on e-bay"...what does this mean? I thought this was simply a place to bid on things. Please enlighten me :oops:
You can put whatever you are searching for in the search box, from cars to pins. And it will pull up all of what they have in that category on sale, either to bid or to buy it now. You will soon learn to be pretty specific, because there is so much there.
Words of advice-
look at the feedback score of the seller (upper right corner) to make sure his or her customers are happy. and look at the cost of shipping- sometimes sellers pad their profits with shipping cost. When you bid, make sure you are keeping shipping cost in mind, as it's easy to spend more than you might have, once you consider them.
You can also watch items. If you want to know what things are actually selling for, watch for a few weeks- then you can see what the sales price was. And remember, on eBay, everything comes back around, so if you don't get it this time, you can always try again.