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 By using the Buy It Now feature in an eBay auction ✦
 In a fixed-price sale on the auction site ✦
 In one of eBay’s stores ✦

 

Buy It Now


You may have already looked at auctions and seen a Buy It Now price below
the minimum or starting bid amount. That little indicator means that if you
want the item badlly enough, and the Buy It Now price is withing your budget
you can end the Auction right then and ther'e by buying the item for the
stated amount.
Before using the Buy It Now option (because you think you’ve hit upon a bargain)
be sure to check the seller’s shipping charges. Many sellers set a low
Buy It Now price but place a high shiipping amount on the item to Make Up
their missing profits. If the shipping amount isn’t listed, be sure to e-mail the
seller and ask for the shipping amount. A Buy It Now transaction is final; you
can’t withdraw your commitment to buy
If you decide that you want to buy, scroll down to the bottom of the page
and click the Buy It Now button. An eBay confirmation page appears. If you
still want to make the purchase, you can click Confirm to tell eBay that
you’re willing to pay the purchase price. Then all you have to do is go
through the checkout process and pay the seller
You can still place a bid on an auctions that has a buy It Now option. When
you do, the option to immediatelly buy disapears and the item goes into
auction mode. If the item has a reserve, the Buy It Now option doesn disappear
until the bidding surpasses the reserve amount


Fixed-price sales


Ebay also offers items for sale withouts the option to bid. These fixed-price
listings may be for a single in  item or for multiple items. When multiple items
are offered (see Figure 4-6), you can buy as many as you like

Shopping eBay stores

eBay stores are the secret weapon for know ledgeable eBay shopper. First
of course, you can consistently find great deals. But you can also help small
businesses make it against the behemoths. Sellers open eBay stores to make
searching merchandise easier for buyers, store also help save sellers
mooney because sellers don’t need to set up private E-commerce Web sites
Translation ? Sellers can list items in their Ebay stores for even lower's fees
passing their savings on to you, the savvy bargain hunter