Its like Ebay with lower prices and a different kind of system. I’ll explain. They present the site with a page showing lots of absurd deals; ipads for $3.00, TV’s for $4.00. Then they ask you to put bids on the items. Each bid is a couple of cents more than the previous bid.

Here is the catch, before you start you pay the site for a set amount of bids, around $60. Then you can begin bidding on any items they have on auction, each bid is like 5 cents. But the other catch is, each bid costs you money even if you don’t win.

This site could save you a lot of money, but it is risky. How many bids are you willing to put in? How high a price do you want to pay? And when is it actually saving you money?

This is up to the buyer.

If done right you could save a lot of money, if not then its pretty much a casino.

http://www.quibids.com/

I save so much money on books when I buy on the internet. A lot of textbooks are really expensive no matter what they are (Grove City Book store) but on the internet you can use the free market, which is this country, and find a book that is affordable.

Most of the time when buying books you buy from bookstores around the world and find the cheapest deals. In this there isn’t much interaction with the customers or providers, but with internet stores like eBay, the price fluctuates a lot and you have to play the system to get the right price.

In the recent semesters I have bought all of my books from a site called AbeBooks. This site is really easy to use and provides a path to buy books from all across the country easily, with a very affordable price. Shipping is not expensive and arrives in a decent amount of time depending on who you buy it from and how far across the country it is coming from. Most are efficient.

As long as you can deal with going on the internet and being alright with taking time to look for whatever you want, buying off of the internet is really convenient and inexpensive.

Security is a number one priority for many internet users who are looking to make online transactions. A common problem, however, is that many users do not even know what to look for when trying to identify internet fraud. Awareness of the most common internet fraud scams is the first and best defense against internet fraud. Watch out for…

• Lottery Scams
• Internet Auction Fraud
• Nigerian Advance Fee Frauds
• Phishing and Pharming for Identity Theft
• Passive Residual Income Scams or “get rich scam websites”
• Lotteries and others that send you a counterfeit check
• Freecreditreport.com
• Work at Home Scams
• Pyramid Schemes
• Property Investment Schemes
• 900 Phone Number Scams

Internet Fraud is difficult to prevent and even more difficult to settle once it occurs. If you have been a victim of an internet scam or fraud then you can file a claim with the Internet Complain Center which is a FBI – NW3C partnership.

I have been victim of internet fraud in the form of non-delivery in a textbook I ordered at the beginning of this semester. My file claimed has still not been settled and is doubtful that I will ever get my money or my textbook. Since then I have become more aware of what to look for and how to defend against online fraud.

I personally think that craigslist is much easier to use than eBay. I experience craigslist sell tool, because I had to sell a lots of staff for my boss, and I have found that listing my items through craigslist have gave better results. One of the features that I like in craigslist is that you can post or list your items within your state, which makes more sense fore me. With this feature the customer can find an item within the distance that he or she is willing to travel, and that’s one of the things that eBay does not offer to the customer. Another advantage of using craigslist is that sellers do not have to pay a fee to post the item, however, this has a downfall because craigslist does not offer protection for buyers of sellers. But unlike eBay the costumer has the option to go and pick up the item the same day. In my own experience this have not been a problem yet, and is easier for me to list something on craigslist without worrying to pay a fee, which is good because I am a college student who does not have much money. I think this two selling engines offer the costumer different tools to sell or buy, but in my opinion I will pick craigslist, because offers you a free service and amazing bargains.

Both of these websites can be used to sell possessions on-line, but the important question is which one is better to use for the seller of goods? The reason most people sell items on the Internet is because it is often easier than selling something to a consignment store and there are more opportunities to find people who will demand your product, raising the price, and generating more profit to the seller. People want to sell their items on a website that is either free or doesn’t cost them a lot of time to sell something. E-bay.com allows your item for sale to be viewed by millions of people everyday. You can decide how long to leave the item up for sale and transaction costs are relatively easy because once an item is sold all you need to do is collect the money from the buyer and ship them the item. If you have a lot of items to sell you can open an E-bay store but this costs money. If money is tight craigslist.org seems to be a wiser choice. You can open up a free account anytime. After you have an account you simply enter in what geographic location you are from and categorize what your item falls under. While you may have to do a little more marketing with your ad, it is worth it in the long run. You can post your classified ad URL in the bottom of your emails, message boards, or pass it along in your email lists to friends and family. Also if your item is near enough to somebody, they might even come pick up the item without you having to take care of shipping responsibilities. Craigslist.org is thus becoming more locally centered while E-bay is more international.

10 years ago, the idea of ebay would have sounded absurd to most people. Who in his right mind would buy something from a random stranger over the internet? Anonymity, one of the internet’s biggest strengths, is also one of its biggest weaknesses. Ebay has successfully harnessed the power of the individual on the web while constraining the uncertainty his anonymity brings. User-controlled feedback has created an online community where anonymous pseudonyms are held accountable for their actions, allowing for a sense of certainty and creating the trust necessary to spend money online. Paypal also plays an important part in this process. It acts as a third party to hold the buyer’s money as the seller ships the auctioned item and completes the payment when the item arrives. This means that, even if there is fraud, the buyer is insured.

The way I see it, EBay’s greatest success is the seamless integration it has with Paypal. It’s so easy that senior citizens, who are usually either apathetic to or scared of the internet, can buy and sell online. (Getting them used to the idea of interacting with an anonymous person online is a different story, though. Some perceptions just take some time to change!)