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eBay provides internet users with an online flea market where buyers and sellers from around the world meet to conduct trade.
However, like most traders who are faced with an innovation of this sort, the first question will always be: It is safe?
The answer is yes, but devious scammers are daily plotting means to take advantage of eBay’s power to forward their dastardly schemes.
The user’s recourse…information and meticulous care in dealing on eBay. Only then can he be less vulnerable to the scammer.
The common consensus is that bidders are often scammed by sellers. But it is possible for things to be the other way around.
Here is a list of the common problems sellers encounter and the means to handle them.
Fake Escrow Services
A winning bidder may request that an escrow service be used to assure both parties of a fair transaction. Unfortunately, the seller is sometimes duped into using a fake escrow system.
To avoid such, the seller must always verify the authenticity of an escrow service. eBay recommends the use of escrow.com. If the bidder insists on his or her escrow service, chances are, that person is a scammer.
Victims of such find it difficult to reclaim their items. They may, however, appeal to the legal means afforded by the state they live in. They must also contact eBay regarding the matter for any assistance they may offer at that juncture.
Deadbeat Bidders
Deadbeat bidders (a winning bidder who doesn’t pay for an item at the auction’s close) are more common on eBay. If the winner of your auction does not pay, you may leave that person a negative feedback.
As for the listing fees the seller shells out, eBay lays out a four step procedure sellers can use to potentially recover lost selling fees. If the sellers complete the process to eBay’s satisfaction, they will receive a Final Value Fee credit and a relist credit. Filing an Unpaid Item dispute is the first step toward eBay reimbursing those fees. One can report an unpaid item up to 45 days after an auction’s close.
Trade Dispute
This occurs when the seller and bidder disagree on some terms of the sale. This may also happen if there is a purported violation of any of these agreements.
If communication between both parties does not help, they may consider availing of a third-party dispute resolution outfit to help. SquareTrade.com is one of these outfits eBay recommends.
Prevention is Better than Cure
A seller’s life may be made terrible because of the constant scamming attacks unscrupulous individuals undertake. But, with proper information and care, he or she can continue trading on eBay with relative safety.
David Riewe is a Publisher and Online Marketer. Visit his eBay Blog to Discover 101 Ebay Auction Tips in this FREE ebook www.push-button-online-income.com/ebayblog
Black Friday is a goldmine for eBay resellers. On one single day there are more profitable items for sale than during the entire rest of the year. If executed properly, Black Friday can easily create thousands of dollars in profit. This article explains in detail how to find and buy deals on Black Friday and then how to sell them on eBay for a profit.
Preparing for Black Friday
In order to make the best purchases on Black Friday, it is necessary to start by gathering some supplies. Initially you will need the following:
- Money
- Transportation
- Advertisements
The first requirement is fairly self-explanatory, but keep in mind that the more money you can spend the more you can make. Don’t go out and spend $10,000 on your first trip though, as that is a lot to loose if you mess up. Prepare yourself to spend a set amount of money before leaving, that way you will know exactly what you are getting into. The second requirement is actually more important than it sounds. My friend and I went on our first Black Friday trip over four years ago, and boy were we under prepared. We went out with two sedans and came back with two sedans filled with products plus another sedan’s worth tied to the roof. I highly recommend that you at least attempt to find a rather large vehicle, though it isn’t imperative. Lastly, you will need to find yourself as many advertisements for Black Friday as possible. The sooner you get these, the easier it will be to do the research. I personally advocate searching online; there are many websites that post Black Friday sales ads well before they are printed. Look for deal sites and eBay selling sites to have these. Now that you have everything together, let’s get to the important part.
Researching Products for Profitability
It is ironic that the most important part of making money on Black Friday isn’t actually done on Black Friday. This is the part that separates those who will profit from shopping and those who will just buy things. It almost all comes down to the research. When the big day rolls around, it is important to know exactly where you are going and exactly what you are buying Also know how much money you expect to make from each product. Keep the importance of this step in mind as we continue.
The initial research begins with finding the material, a.k.a. advertisements. This can be done in two ways; the first is to go and get newspapers on the Wednesday before Black Friday, the second is to find ad-scans on the internet. I fully prefer the second method, as it allows me to research weeks in advance. A simple Google search for Black Friday will reveal many websites that are dedicated to providing ads as far ahead of time as possible.
Once your ad collection is assembled, you will need to sit down and look through all of them, paying specific attention to items you think will sell best. If you need to get a general idea of product value then vist www.selladeal.com/products and look at what items sell best. Next you want to write down a list of the products that you think will be profitable when sold. You will then check this list against the completed auctions on eBay to get an approximate selling value. To reiterate, you will be looking through ads to pick out valuable buys and comparing the price with their current value on eBay. This will give you a guess as to the amount of money you can make off of each item. I recommend repeating this process of finding an item and checking its eBay price several times so that your list will be fairly complete. At the end of this process, you should have a good number of products along with an idea of how much money you can make from reselling them.
Ranking and Scheduling Stores
Now it is time to plan out our shopping trip. Here we have this list of products and how valuable they are to us. The next step is to arrange the items by store and by profitability. This should make it apparent which stores are going to be more profitable than others - these are the stores that you’ll want to visit first. After you have the stores arranged based on profitability, you want to double check the hours of each sale. This will assure that you catch all opportunities because of differently timed sales (in a perfect world, each sale would start about 2 hours after the previous, in reality they will likely all start at the same time). The final step to this process is to write down an exact order of the stores that you will visit and an exact order of the products you will buy in each store. This list makes buying the best products a very straight forward trip. If you know what you want before hand, you will get there before the people who will have to think about it.
The Big Day - Black Friday
Believe it or not, this isn’t nearly as difficult as it is made out to be. Yes, there will be crowds. Yes, people will be acting like maniacs. This is why you will succeed - because you have already planned and researched everything and will not be acting crazy. The drill is simple: follow your schedule and buy as many of the profitable items as you can get. There may be times when you need to be assertive to stay at the front of a line, or even to push your way through a crowd to get to a product. The key is to remain polite, confident, and assertive enough to get to where you are going. Getting angry or causing trouble will only make things worse. If you cannot get one of your best products, it isn’t the end of the world. Remember that there are a lot of other items that you can get to resell for a profit. Here is a general set of guidelines for getting the best items:
- Always remain calm. You must be in control and thinking at all times.
- Be assertive. Say excuse me to get past people, don’t just wait there.
- Be polite. The moment you loose your temper, the sales reps will turn on you.
- Stick to the plan. Purchase the items that you can, and move on to the next store.
If all of these guidelines are kept in mind, there should not be any problems during Black Friday. There is one other thing to be aware of; up selling. Sales personnel will try rigorously to add on warranties, surge strips, antivirus software, and many other items that are not worth mentioning. Do not buy into their sales hype - stick with the plan and purchase the profitable items, nothing else.
Selling your Products on eBay
Almost there! Here is what’s next: cataloguing and selling the items online. This is pretty easy; the hard part is certainly over. Sell as many of the items as possible within the next two or three weeks, that way they will arrive by Christmas. Don’t panic or overload eBay in order to reach this deadline, the items will sell nearly as well the first week into January. I don’t recommend selling products during the weeks before and after Christmas, as this is usually a pretty slow sales period on eBay. I would highly recommend reading these selling guides if you need to brush up on your eBay auction technique. On the most basic level, you need to at least include a picture in each auction. That is about it - once everything is listed you need only sit back and deal with shipping. There are also some shipping guides in the above link if need be.
Let the Items Sell, and Count the Profits
This is the best part. Once everything is finished selling, it’s time to add it all up and see just how great Black Friday is. I personally made well over $2,000 on my first Black Friday. Give it a chance, do the research, and good luck!
Mason Hipp is an eBay powerseller and a regular contributer of selling guides, ebay products, and information to www.selladeal.com
Can anyone make money on ebay?
In order to answer this broad question we first have to understand what it is about ebay that appeals to so many people. For a company that was only created in 1997 it has experienced some unbelievable success, and there have been few other companies that have seen such massive growth in such a short space of time.
Last year ebay enjoyed record windfall profits of $500 million, a colossal amount in anybodies book. Next year they are tipped to earn even more and there doesn’t seem to be an end to the success of this truly great dot com prodigy.
With vast amounts of people joining on a daily basis, will there ever be a time that this whole concept becomes saturated? Is there a danger of this giant becoming super nova only to disappear beneath the enormity of its own success and size.
A lot of ebay’s success has to be down to its simplicity. Ebay is a common man’s tool, created in such a way so that everybody can trade rich. Poor, young or old. Ebay bridges the gap between all classes, races and religions. It has found a common denominator amongst the masses and has combined this find with the best that technology has to offer.
Our need to buy plays a major part in the modern lives of modern people. Materialism is high on everybody’s agenda and for this reason ebay is ideally placed to meet this demand. People now have more disposable income than they have ever had before, yet like a double edged sword this new found wealth is cruel compensation for the amount of disposable time that has been afforded to us in modern times. People work hard for their lifestyles and way of living. In many families both parents have to work to sustain these proficient lifestyles. Again time is a precious factor and spent wisely where ever we can.
This is where ebay becomes a precious commodity where by once you have entered the virtual realms of its existence, it then becomes a permanent fixture within your life.
You can buy anything that you want on ebay with hundreds of categories and sub-categories to choose from. Why should people take the time to make a trip to their local DIY store when they can buy virtually anything they want to from the comfort of their own homes.
For me ebay will never die. For the next generation ebay will be as prominent in their lives as television is to this generation. It will continue to grow for years and years to come. It is virtually impossible for it to become saturated as by way of nature there will always be more buyers than there will be sellers.
Ebay is here to stay and for those who are savvy enough to grasp this fact, ebay can and will provide a good income.
Get to know your market and create a niche
There are several key success stages to trading successfully on ebay. The first and most obvious is getting to know ebay itself. Its not enough to just open an account, place a listing and watch the profits pour in. sure they’ll probably make a sale, and they’ll probably turn a profit, but there is only so much that a person can sell before they empty their garages or attics of their disposable junk. Furthermore, there are many other people who are trading in this fashion, and this is where competition will be at its most fierce.
Today you can trade in anything old or brand new, and this is the point of difference in terms of an individuals success. Your never going to be an expert in trading antiques unless you know something about them.
There’s one great way to find a product that may sell and that’s a product you know something about. A personal hobby is the ideal solution to finding these products as you already have an advantage in the fact that: a) You already spend time doing the activity. B) You know something about this activity. C) You enjoy this activity.
It’s a lot more fun and long term fulfilling if what you are selling meets the above criteria. You are more likely to keep driving at it if its something you like doing and you’ll have a better understanding of your customers wants and needs. Having a relationship with the product is half the battle won. It’s not completely necsercary but it will help a lot and it will give you a lot of satisfaction. Imagine getting paid for something that you like to do!! Wouldn’t that be something.
OK, so lets imagine you have a hobby. You know what you want to sell and your ready to go. What’s the next step towards finding that elusive product, one that will sell over and over generating profit each time it sells.
For some people finding this product is like finding a needle in a haystack. Where on God’s earth do you start to look for these products? Panic and confusion set in and the mind goes blank. Yet there is a very simple solution to this dilemma and the answer is sitting right under your nose.
Lets imagine that the hobby you love and adore is golf and you’ve decided to trade in golf equipment. Is it enough to simply list the driver you like best and hope that a bidding frenzy ensues. Trading in this trial and error fashion is a waste of time and money and it could very well take you months to finally find a product that sells on a consistent basis. For many people this fruitless period would spell the end to their ebay profession as they would simply give up without the right tools to point them in the right direction.
What you need to know is what product sells over and over again and what kind of price does it sell for.
Even trawling through ebay itself would take an age as any category is vast and spotting that elusive product can be difficult amongst 300 pages of the same category.
Yet ebay does have the answers to this dilemma and there are some incredible tools that are available to anybody and everybody that will enable them to spot these products with simplest of actions.
Copyright 2005
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While the world continues to go catatonic over the Internet and its endless possibilities, there’s another industry quietly going about its business, piling up profitable year after profitable year after profitable year. What industry is that? It’s the mail order industry–or as I prefer to call it, “the original Internet!”
Yes, long before the birth and explosion of the Internet, mail order shopping was a hugely popular and preferred method of doing business–and still is. In fact, the Internet has actually enhanced and contributed to the overall success of mail order.
The mail order industry was created by Aaron Montgomery Ward. Ward sent out his first mail order catalog in 1872–for his Montgomery Ward mail order business located at Clark and Kinzie Streets in Chicago. The first catalog consisted of a single sheet of paper with a price list, 8 by 12 inches, showing the merchandise for sale with ordering instructions.
“Ward’s gradually expanded the catalog. They became bigger, more heavily illustrated, chock full of goods– often referred to as “dream books” by rural families.”
Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on Feb. 17, 1844 and died on Dec. 7, 1913. He first worked for Marshall Field, a department store, as both a store clerk and a traveling salesman. As a traveling salesman, he realized that his rural customers could be better served by mail-order, a revolutionary idea. He started his business with only $2,400 in capital. Montgomery Ward was a mail-order only business until 1926, when the first Montgomery Ward retail store opened in Plymouth, Indiana.
And the rest, as they say is history!
Over the years, I’ve actually owned several profitable mail order businesses–selling everything from books to vitamins to my copywriting services.
It really is an amazingly fun way to do business! Absolutely nothing beats the thrill of receiving checks in the mail! And even though I’m no longer involved in mail order to the degree that I once was, I credit mail order for giving me the invaluable training, experience and skills I use on the Internet every single day.
Not having much success on the Internet? Try your hand at mail order. However, before getting started, I suggest you read the following books:
“How To Get Rich In Mail Order,” by Melvin
Powers, “Money In Your MailBox,” by L. Perry Wilbur, “How To
Make A Fortune In Mail Order,” by Al Stern and “Building A
Mail Order Business,” by William A. Cohen .
Many books have been written about mail order, over the years, but the aforementioned books are among the best ever written on the subject. Granted, they are somewhat dated in some areas, but the information itself is still solid as a rock.
You should be able to find these books at your local library, since they’re all-time classics. However, if you don’t have any luck at the library, try Amazon.com.
These books will provide you with valuable insight into the remarkable and enduring mail order industry, and you just might discover a fun new way of doing business you never even considered before!
About The Author
Dean Phillips is an Internet marketing expert, writer, publisher and entrepreneur. Questions? Comments? Dean can be reached at mailto: dean@lets-make-money.net
Visit his website at: http://www.lets-make-money.net
Which other site is more familiar to the ears of any person with any idea of what the internet is? Of course, there are those that do not know what eBay is but most of them don’t know what cars are either.
That is why the title of this article is simply, The eBay Auction Site. You know what it is, I know what it is, and really, the only explanation we need for what it is, is its simple title.
I think what people want to know more about the eBay auction site is not what it is, but what it can do for any particular person who would like to use it. How can the eBay auction site benefit me? That is what most people want to know. And, honestly, who doesn’t want to know that about anything?
Whether you are a seller or a buyer, you want get the most out of eBay. You want that instead of definitions and fluff and all the things you can learn directly from the eBay website itself. If you get on the internet and expect perfect explanations for using anything, then you must be advised that you may be a little on the side of naivety. You have to dig through the surface of most information to see if it is valid. Information, by the way, is only as good as its source.
Practicality is something that is important to me when using the eBay auction site. I learned quickly that someone’s theories are not a good foundation to take risks on. You do learn a lot by going out on your own, making your own mistakes and refraining from such mistakes, but you can also learn from the wisdom of others.
I would like to offer some practical things I have learned during my experience selling on eBay. These are simple procedures, but procedures that will make a difference, even if a small difference and will boost your sales.
Do not use eBay picture hosting.
There are so many ways to work around this. You can host one picture with eBay for free, which you should do, but never use the option to host more than one, which is not free at all. I use yahoo and it really is simple. If you sign up for a free account with yahoo, you can upload pictures to that account for free and use those pictures within your auction.
Place a picture at the beginning of your auction.
I do think gallery pictures are effective sometimes, but most people find items on the eBay auction site with keywords. When they find what they want, they click on the auction and look at the listing. If the first thing they see is a picture of the item, it will make the buyer more confident in that they actually see the item and don’t have to read copy, then scroll down to see the a picture.
The most important, practical thing to have when selling on eBay is a plan. You need a strategy for finding products to sell, and keeping that inventory a consistent thing. When you have this, automating the entire process makes selling on the eBay auction site not only fun, but very profitable.
Of course, what we require to create a better living is to make money. There are a lot of things you can plunge into along the digital highway. When you are online, there are a glut of ways to get your pockets full of money, but of course, you want to do it the way it’s meant to be. They all say it’s hard, we understand that so here are a few pointers to keep you on track in making money, particularly in eBay.
What are the basics of selling on eBay and what does it mean to “run your business like a business?” Let’s grab a look:
Set up and structure your business like a professional business because it is. If you take shortcuts and try to operate on the cheap, you will on not be taken seriously. The internet is still a scary scene for a lot of folks. Take the time to brand your work. Produce a look and feel that your clients can relate to and one that creates a sense of trust.
Invest in Automation early. Whether you use an online set-up such as Vendio, Mpire or eBay’s Selling Manager or offline software such as those made by Blackthorne, Marketblast, or others, you want to automate from the beginning. Automation saves you time and makes your operation appear and function, more professionally.
When you make some money, don’t rush out and spend it. Always reinvest in your business and keep reinvesting in it.
Time is your most irreplaceable resource. Anything you can do to automate functions and get others to perform simple operational tasks will free you to do the management and creative tasks that will build your business.
Every listing is an image of you and your business. Each listing ought to look professional and contain keyword-rich headlines, good photos and item descriptions that are error-free, unabridged and that sell.
Establish sales, payment, and shipping and return policies that are both congenial and yet support your business model. Don’t be totalitarian. EBay is a community built on trust. If you trust others to do right they usually will. The percentages that don’t are quite small and you should deal with it as a cost of doing business.
Build and preserve an exceptional feedback status. Feedback is the window be means of which others see you. You can have great products, overwhelming product descriptions and superb photos –but if you have a miserable feedback score, your business will suffer.
Great feedback is built by providing great customer service. Handle every customer as you would like to be treated and you will always have a high score.
Abide by the rules. A lot of new sellers become disheartened by eBay’s complex listing regulations. You can’t fight city hall. EBay is like the government. Some of the rules may seem trivial and unfair, but it is their platform, their business and they make the rules. EBay has been pretty good over the years of responding to member feedback. If you think a rule is stupid or unworkable, don’t push the envelop and don’t get into a fight with eBay –you will lose. Instead post your opinion on the message boards. EBay members are on the boards and they look for common threads and opinions from their members. An insightful post will get read.
EBay is one of the most competitive marketplaces on Earth. Learn and remain on top of your competition constantly –and be prepared to react to changes in the marketplace. I study my competitor’s auctions at least once a week.
Experiment, test, and innovate. Experiment with new tools and software when they become available. Test different listing and pricing strategies, new products and sales strategies. Test headlines and various features. Innovate constantly. Always look for new ways to solve old problems.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help. There are plenty of resources for the entrepreneur. Amazingly the best source of help is often other eBayers. Your direct rival may not want to help you, but there are plenty of others who will. A post on any of the eBay related forums message board will bring dozens of responses. Once you are a seller, you’ll need all the resources you have to keep your business flowing and in good shape.
Stuart Perryman
How to be an EBay Power Seller
http://ebay.alluneedtoknow.info
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If you peruse Ebay a lot, you’ll see a lot of members selling website businesses. Often advertising these as “Turnkey”, they claim that the site has been making X dollars a month for the past X months. The businesses include expired domain name searches, online auction sites, credit repair sites, dating and adult sites, etc. Take a look at the current bids or prices - $1.99? What gives? If this site is making money, why would they want to sell it??? Here are some tips to help avoid buying a waste of time.
Take a look at the domain name. Do a Google search for it. Does it show up? Keep in mind how long the seller claims the site has been in business. Go to Internic and do a Whois on the domain name…how long has it existed? Chances are less than a month.
Are there any bids on it? the number of bids is generally a good indicator on how legit this “business” is. If there’s only 25 minutes left on the auction, and there is one bid for a very low dollar amount, this one’s most likely a dog. If it is down to 25 minutes and there are 60 bids on it up to 500 bucks, it’s most likely a keeper.
Proof of income. Some sites show a screen shot of their payment processor. Visit the website. Is the payment processor the same? For example, is the screen shot on Ebay from 2Checkout, and Paypal is the only payment method on the site? Smells fishy to me.
Most of these sites claim to be “100 Percent custom hand coded by experienced developers”. Do some Googling for “website templates”. Look through some of the places that offer web templates for sale. You will most likely run across the design of the website that is for sale. View the source of the site that’s for sale - you may find that the seller forgot to remove the comment code that states that “This site was developed by
If you are still skeptical, email the seller with your questions. If this site is truly on the up-and-up, they’ll be honest. If not, they’ll dodge your questions like a bullet.
One more thing to consider: Often these sites will come with “Dirt Cheap Web Hosting”, for something like $6.99 per year. Think about it - would a TRUE e-commerce site that was getting tons of traffic and sales rely on lowest-bidder web hosting? Nope.
Now, don’t get me wrong - there ARE some good web businesses available from time to time on Ebay…but with the availability of so many free website scripts and templates, they seem to be few and far between. Caveat Emptor, my friends - let the buyer beware.
However, if you want to learn more about running a real ebay business and selling real goods and making good sales,
take a look at this site, “ebay auction software” to find some great tips
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Buying and selling alike is not that easy especially when you are doing it on your own. You will need a lot of advertisements in order to sell or even buy a product. There are also many considerations that you should not take for granted.
For example, when buying a product you will need to have a ceiling price at a given quality of a preferred product. The ceiling price is the maximum amount that you can afford for a certain product with the highest quality assumed. This is also true when selling a product using an auction site. You have to set a bottom price before letting the product be sold. The bottom price is the minimum price that you want to sell your product.
One of the famous buy and sell portal is the EBay. There are many EBay sites around the globe. Mostly the sites are according to the place. This was done to avoid custom and shipping laws from every country.
Here are some steps on how to buy and sell using EBay auction site:
1. Monitor the product that you want to buy or the product that you are selling. Take note of the rates for it. Look for similar products at the archives of the auction site and compare it with your product.
2. In buying, it is advised to check the history of the seller, this to know the positive and negative comments for the seller. EBay auction site are self-policing. Buyers and sellers may give feedbacks for each other. In EBay, the seller and the buyer uses a username and does not directly give their real full name. However, it can be given to you to complete the transaction. Keeping the full names of both parties is done to protect the identity of the seller and the buyer.
3. Do not be ashamed of giving feedbacks to other sellers. This will help them know what is going on with their selling strategies. Doing this also may encourage other seller to make feedbacks to their fellow ebayers.
4. Do not be afraid of asking questions about the product or the seller’s business techniques and information. If there is anything that you doubt about the seller, resist from bidding.
5. When bidding on an auctioned product, be sure to add pennies to your bidding price. For example, the last bid is $25.00, add another $.05. You may beat the other bidders with a penny if in case.
6. Do not bid, buy or sell a product without knowing how much the shipping cost is. When buying, you must know the shipping cost beforehand to avoid overpricing.
7. EBay auction site honors the use of debit and credit cards. This is the fastest, easiest and safest way to pay for a product on an online auction site.
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Khieng ‘Ken‘ Chho is author and owner of Online eBay Resources. For related articles and other resources, visit Ken’s website: http://ebay.onew3b.net |
There are more sellers
on eBay today, but there are also more buyers. As you browsed eBay, I’m
sure you noticed or purchased from several high profile, high volume
eBay sellers. I always marveled at the amount of sales generated by
these Powersellers so I decided to find out how they accomplished this.
There are niche products that sell on eBay. However, if you want to
earn more with less work on eBay, it’s a good idea to target name brand
products. Having a background in information and technology sales, I
decided to target top eBay sellers in these categories and try to locate
their product sources. You don’t need to target technology. I have
worked with many successful eBay sellers who achieve great success with
home appliance product lines, cosmetic lines, and automotive products,
to name a few.
eBay buyers use the name brand in their search so target products lines
with excellent branding. After researching one eBay Powerseller, it
was very evident that the name brand he was selling was Gateway. He was
generating high volume sales by selling their liquidation and overstock
items.
It was fairly simple to obtain Gateway’s telephone number, so I called
and asked for the Liquidation Department. I said to myself, “It can’t
possibly be this easy!” It wasn’t! After leaving several messages
with no reply, I found an auction website in which Gateway was offering
some bulk liquidation loads.
My thought process was that if I could win at least one of the
liquidation loads, even though the price was higher than I wanted to pay, I
would gain access to the department head. I did win one load. I hardly
broke even on the price, but it did enable me to have contact with the
person handling the Gateway Liquidation Department. I was also
contacted to see if I wanted to be notified of any other closeout loads.
“Mission Accomplished!” I was put on their bidder list.
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