A few tips for Newbies

[ft1278]

I want to search the items that have sold on Ebid? This will help me set a price and know if there are buyers for my items. Where can I find the "closed/sold" listings?

Faith

[ellengenerous]

Hey Faith, have you figured out how to do this yet? I can't figure it out. Please let me know! Thanks, Nancy C.

[ft1278]

Nope, I saw it once, I think, but I can't find it again. If you catch Gothica on, we can ask him. Tried sending msg to gazza (administrator) but they are not receiving msgs.

I will email you when I find out, you do the same?

[Gothicina]

Hi Faith & Nancy welcome to eBid.
To search completed listings put the search as normal in the box at the top, when the results appear, you also get a box on the right where you can refine your search. One of the options there is to search closed auctions.

[cornishmaid1961]

Can any Ebid sages give me some wisdom on what to do with my store when I'm away on holiday? Can you just go into my store and click the 'off line' button and then put it back on again when you get back, or do you just put a notice at the top to say you are away?

[nysablaze]

As far as I'm aware you can do either of the things you suggest.
For myself it would depend how long I would be away, if only a few days then the notice but if it was a week or longer then I would probably put it offline.

[bluebedouin]

Can any Ebid sages give me some wisdom on what to do with my store when I'm away on holiday? Can you just go into my store and click the 'off line' button and then put it back on again when you get back, or do you just put a notice at the top to say you are away?

Personally I would leave it online with a notice to say how long you'll be away.At least then someone looking for what your selling will find it,if offline they won't.

[cornishmaid1961]

Thanks for that Nysablaze. Was a bit afraid if I pressed the offline button it might expload or I might not get all my ads back again!!! lol

Thanks also Bluebedouin. Think if I'm only away a week I would do the notice but any longer, buyers might not read the notice and then get fed up waiting, so I would take it off.

[ft1278]

Question for those of you who have shipped out of country. I just sold 2 coins to a gentleman in South Africa. Now that he has made the payment, he wants the coins shipped to a PO Box instead of the buyers address that was shown in the AAL information. Should I expect fraud here?

Found out it must go via registered mail to S. Africa, so I am also adding signature confirmation to it. I just don't know if I should be worried that he changed from a street adress to a PO box. Any opinions??

[merlin]

depends how much the coins are worth but i would refuse to send to p.o. box