The eBay Myth-Bu$ter: Turn 199 Misconceptions Into Money! (For Dummies Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: David D. Busch
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 356119
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0764576127
Dewey Decimal Number: 381.177
EAN: 9780764576126
ASIN: 0764576127
Publication Date: September 24, 2004
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Product Description
- This groundbreaking book shatters such common beliefs as the highest bid determines the final price, Sunday night is the best time to end auctions, and more
- Pioneer eBay seller David Busch shows buyers how to find bargains through misspelled words, items that are incorrectly categorized, and other "hidden auctions"
- Packed with unpublished secrets for eBay success, this book provides the real story behind each myth and supplies proven success techniques
- Explains how multiple accounts can benefit sellers, where to find truly free shipping, and how to identify items that will produce the highest profit
- The author shares his imaginative solutions that have resulted in thousands of profitable eBay transactions
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 The eBay Myth-Bu$ter: An excellent start May 7, 2007
Being a New Zealander, naturally I prefer to use Trademe.co.nz as that is our local Australasian auction site!
Being focused specifically with busting myths about online auctions Myth-Bu$ter is quite specialised. However, many of the principles found in the book can also be applied to any other local auction sites such as Trademe.
I wholeheartedly recommend the book to kiwis, but (to use a pun) the book does require some unencryption from the American language!
 Incredibly useful and concise April 7, 2006
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have been a buyer on ebay for a couple of years and would like to get started selling. Due to a combination of procrastination and lack of confidence I have not yet taken the leap. Well, now I have the confidence to try. All of my lingering questions were answered by this book. It doesn't walk you through getting started, that would be a waste since that info is available from so many other sources. But it does address things like determining when to start and finish an auction, how long to set the auction for, when to use Buy it Now or set reserve prices, etc.
The author has a really great writing style- not cutesy or gimmicky and very readable. (I read the book in one day- I should have been sleeping, but I couldn't put it down.) He gives great examples of different scenarios that help the reader to be better able apply the information. He tells us his opinion and the opinions of others- he does not bash ebay or paypal but he does give honest observations of some of their practices and services -whether good or bad or simply necessary. I have read alot of informational type books on various subjects lately and reading this one was a really refreshing change of pace. Mr. Busch wrote with confidence but there was nothing self-congratulatory about his style at all- he was even charmingly self-deprecating at times (but not cutesy- I hate that!) The book has very straight forward advice and doesn't waste time trying to hype one way of doing things over another.
Mr. Busch's personal business style is also very appealing and one that I would be happy to emulate. As a buyer, I wish more sellers would follow his example. As a buyer I have often wondered if it was really necessary to put all of those terms and conditions and warnings in the auction- I thought there must just be a ton of bad buyers out there to warrant such practice- but now I know differently. I also find it extremely annoying when I encounter animation or overly busy backgrounds and - worst of all- sound and music when I view an auction.
This book would be great for anyone- there are great tips for buyers- a couple that I will definitely put into use. I would recommend that a person get a little bit of experience on ebay as a buyer before reading this book- then you will really know what is being described and it will have more meaning because you can apply it to your own experiences. A few transactions would really be all it takes. But definitely get this book!!
Excellent Resource February 21, 2006
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
My veiw is, you can never read enough books on the subject of eBay. There is always something new you can learn from any book on the subject. I am still an "amateur" but, things are looking good for an amateur...please critique me if you wish:
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=nydancingangels
Happy selling!
Best Regards,
Mersada
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NYC Trend Setters Outlet....on eBAy.
Clearly one of the better eBay books. January 30, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
In attempting to get started on eBay as a seller, I read about 10 books. Most covered the same ground, in pretty much the same way. I appreciated Mr.Busch's approach and believe I got more out of this one book than the others that I read up till then. This book is very good.
clears the air September 13, 2005
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Busch hopes to disabuse common misconceptions circulating amongst many eBay users. He presupposes that you have already done some buying or selling on eBay. He goes straight into explaining various aspects. Like how sniping is not against the rules or even the spirit of the auction. And even if it was, it is very problematic that this could be banned.
Another common topic he addresses is that if you lose an auction by $1, say, that somehow if you had bidded $2, you would have won the item. This is not necessarily so. The winner might have placed a maximum bid of $20 above yours. But the eBay mechanism only charged the winner $1 about your bid, which was the second highest.
If you are planning on using eBay frequently, you might want to slowly go through this book. It could be a huge time and worry saver.
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