Buyer beware

I have seen a lot of sites promising to give a lot of information/tips on trading on e-Bay but at the end of it all I have found them to be bogus and scams. Over here I am trying (through my blogs) to inform the viewers about some real hard facts. No round-trips of my sites,no bogus claims or books to be sold. Here is a follow-up of my previous blog where I had told a few things about why you should buy first at e-Bay and then start selling. Here are a few guidelines for making payments through PaisaPay in e-Bay:-

PaisaPay for Buyers

Benefits of paying through PaisaPay

• No fees - absolutely free for buyers!
• Pay instantly using your credit card or make an online bank transfer and receive the product faster, thus eliminating the hassle and delays of cheques and demand drafts.
• Make fast, assured purchases, and get your money back if the seller does not deliver the item. You can also claim up to Rs. 50,000 under the eBay Buyer Protection if the item delivered is not as described.
• Increased safety in online payments: All transactions paid through PaisaPay are protected till you receive the item. If you don't receive the item within the specified delivery time, you can file a refund claim. PaisaPay will investigate and refund the money to you including the shipping costs.
• Convenience of EMI payments: You can pay for an item in 3 or 6 monthly installments by using your ICICI bank credit card through PaisaPay.
• Enhanced and simple tracking of your buying activity: You can use “My PaisaPay” to track your PaisaPay transactions. You can stay updated on information like shipping details, payments, and refunds, along with key action points, alerts and reminders.
• Get discounts with eBay Gift Vouchers: If you have received an eBay Gift Voucher , you can redeem your vouchers to get great discounts while paying through PaisaPay.

How to pay using PaisaPay?

· Check if the item is available on Auction or Fixed Price

· Read the Item Description thoroughly

· Check the accepted payment methods / shipping charges and warranty policy.

· If you have any questions about the item, click on the Ask Seller a question link and clarify your doubts.

Once you make the payment you will receive a confirmation through email. You can check the status of the PaisaPay transaction in your “My PaisaPay”. You will also see the payment confirmation in your My eBay as a yellow bar below the transaction.

After having an overview of how to make payments on e-Bay let us get back to how to go about getting to know more about the goods we are purchasing. In previous post I’d given some hints for the same. But you might need more diligence while doing purchase since there are unscrupulous sellers as well who would craftily hide certain details from you. What if you have questions that aren’t answered by the item description? In that case you can always contact the seller if you don’t totally understand what you are getting into. Whenever you see an item for sale, you will also see a phrase that says “ask seller a question.” It is the buyer’s responsibility to be very clear.
What if your bid wins an item and you discover that it’s something you don’t like? Unfortunately, in that case you didn’t ask any questions before you bid so it’s tough luck and you will have to go on with what you get.

The point of me teaching you buying lessons in my posts so far was to allow you to get a real experience of doing business in e-Bay. You can do your buying by purchasing a low-priced item and thus start your first lesson in becoming an effective seller.

Since I wrote this blog some updates have been made at PaisaPay features. You can access them at the following link:-http://www2.ebay.com/aw/in/200807171437152.html