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Summary: The 24 hour garage sale
Review: I actually borrowed the title from my review from an article I read. According to what I read, and I do agree, ebay is basically a 24 hour garage sale that allows you to sell all of your extras for some extra money. While this book is mostly aimed at serious sellers it also provides some great direction for those of us who want to use ebay to simply sell some stuff we no longer need, or to earn some extra money on the side.
This book does point you in the right direction and does a good job of explaining in simple language how someone can sell on ebay.
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Summary: $1,000 in one transaction.
Review: I have had some really good auctions in the past, so I was wondering how I could benefit from reading Secrets of eBay. Well, I can tell you one thing, my auctions are bringing in more money now that I apply a few of the suggestions made here. If you want to become a power seller, these are the steps that can get you there.
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Summary: So far so good
Review: I have started using what I have read so far and it is helping my sell more of my listings.Although I am still selling the same merchandise as before my results are improving. Once I sell out these merchandise I might consider some of the product sources mentioned here.
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Summary: This rocket is taking off
Review: I never expected so much practical advice as I found in Secrets of eBay. Donny Lowy outlines exact steps that deal with how to find merchandise to sell on eBay, how to know which merchandise will sell the best, and even better, how to actually sell the merchandise profitably.
Secrets of eBay is like having a personal tutor in your home teaching you how to make money on eBay.
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Summary: Don't be fooled!
Review: I read all the 5-star reviews of this book and was convinced it must be a winner, but it is hands-down the most poorly written book I have ever read. It doesn't help that there is no table of contents and no index for quick reference, making it impossible to skim. Most of the information, when you finally reach it, is based on common sense, and I found no "secrets" nor "strategies" whatsoever. If you are a struggling ebayer like me, don't waste your $19.95. Buy something useful instead, like groceries.
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Summary: Worth reading
Review: I read over my copy over the weekend and started using some of what I learned. While I have not striked it rich yet, my auction results are improving and I should be able to increase my overall results by sticking to what I have been learning from Secrets of eBay.
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Summary: The controversy
Review: I read over the one negative review and I think I understand where he is coming from. Some people expect a book to be able to help them instantly make money on eBay. If you read his review you will see that he is not even an eBay seller, and did not even read past the 8th chapter, which is on page 40, out of close to 200 pages. An honest review of this book should include the fact that this book does not make any extravagant promises. What it does is offer a very direct and easy to follow method for selling on eBay. The author, is an eBay seller, and an entrepreneur involved in the closeout business, and you can see from reading Secrets of eBay that he knows what he is talking about. I would give this book a 9 out of 10, only because I would have liked more detailed sources on finding certain types of merchandise such as antiques.
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Summary: Should be required reading
Review: I strongly believe that if eBay made this required reading as part of the registration process for sellers, you would see allot more successful sellers than there are. Many of the shortfalls eBay sellers have is not because of a lack of ability but because of a lack of information. Secrets of eBay reads like a course written for eBay sellers who are struggling due to a lack of knowledge concerning access to products, how to effectively buy and sell, and how to maintain long term customer relationships.
This is not to say that there are not other important factors that come into play. But the factors that are in the control of the eBay seller are addressed here. If you are an eBay seller, or are considering selling on eBay, you would benefit from learning all of the different shipping methods and how to get heavily discounted shipping rates, how to get free packing supplies, and how to develop a customer database to increase your auction sales and to increase your average bid. Overall this is an important book no different than a course a real estate agent would take to learn how to effectively sell more real estate.
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Summary: SCAM ALERT!!!!!
Review: I was reading the "reviews" and couldn't help but notice something troublesome. Just look at the review from Tammy (Coral Gables FL) Then click the "read all my reviews" tag. Notice how "Tammy" has reviewed all of the authors books - and only this authors books? Notice how "Tammy" gave all of this authors books a 5 star rating? Gee, I wonder who "Tammy" really is????
Please Donny Lowy - don't assume we are all too stupid to figure out who "Tammy" really is!
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Summary: Take your selling to the next level
Review: Power sellers beware! Donny Lowy has revealed your innermost secrets. If you have ever wondered how powersellers manage to find a constant stream of hot merchandise to sell on eBay you need to read Secrets of eBay. There are very detailed chapters inside that describe many methods for not only finding the best merchandise, but also on how to figure out beforehand which merchandise will sell the best on eBay. There is also a section on how to use drop shippers which is interesting and is probably worth trying.
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