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eBay, How To Bid
1. Open a free eBay account. Just follow the directions on the screen. Make sure you save your login ID and password for future purchases. eBay will email you if you are outbid on an item and will also e-mail you if you win.
2. Open a PayPal account. PayPal has been around and highly trusted for years. You choose which credit cards/bank accounts to use with PayPal and PayPal takes the money out of your account and transfers it to the seller. This protects you from having to give out your account numbers to anyone other than Pay Pal.
When you purchase anything, you give the seller your PayPal account name (email address used) and PayPal does the rest. Be sure to watch your inbox for your Congratulations You Won email, as well as your invoice to pay and later on your shipping information, usually with a tracking number for your records.
3. Decide whether you want to Bid now, Buy it now (Note: The "Buy it now" function is not available on every item so be sure to look for that option) or Add to watch list.
* Bid now - First scroll down and get all the information on the item you like. Check shipping costs as you don't want any surprises at the end. This has to be factored into your cost of the item. You can place a bid now or wait, depending on the time remaining until the bid closes. The time is shown in days/hours/minutes/seconds and turns red when it gets to minutes until auction ending.
NOTE: As you get down to minutes and even seconds that is where most of the bidding activity takes place. This is where it gets really exciting - the thrill of the chase. You could have the highest bid but when it gets down to the remaining seconds someone can come along and snipe you (put in a bid at the last couple of seconds so you don't have time to place another bid) and win the bid. Refresh (F5) your page often (even seconds apart) to keep current on the bidding, or you can lose out.
* Buy it now - The price for Buy it now is shown on the screen. If you want the item and don't want to wait, use this option. This will ensure you get the item and no one else can! Scroll down and check everything before you hit the button, to make sure that it is what you want.
* Add to watch list - If there is a substantial amount of time left until bid ending, you might want to use this option. You can keep an eye on what is happening over the days, hours or minutes.
You can access your Watching items via "My eBay" which is found in the upper right hand corner of any eBay page.
Good luck!! I hope you enjoy that "thrill of the chase," and get the items you're bidding on.
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