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Buying & Selling Music, Instruments, and Music Collectibles on EBay ® Mark Abdelnour TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! © 2004 by Thomson Course Technology PTR. All rights reserved. SVP, Thomson Course No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form Technology PTR: or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, Andy Shafran recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without written permission from Thomson Course Technology PTR, except Publisher: for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Stacy L. Hiquet The Thomson Course Technology PTR logo and related trade dress Senior Marketing Manager: are trademarks of Thomson Course Technology PTR and may not be Sarah O’Donnell used without written permission. Marketing Manager: eBay is a registered trademark of eBay, Inc. PayPal is a registered Heather Hurley trademark of eBay, Inc. 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Joel Sadagursky and Mike Tanamachi ISBN: 1-59200-500-4 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004106455 Indexer: Sharon Shock Printed in the United States of America Proofreader: 04 05 06 07 08 BH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Gene Redding Thomson Course Technology PTR, a division of Thomson Course Technology 25 Thomson Place Boston, MA 02210 http://www.courseptr.com TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! This book is dedicated to my loving wife, Heather Archibald, the miracle that is our newborn daughter, Katie Bronwyn, and my incredible family. Thanks to all of you for always being there to support me. TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Acknowledgments This book would not have been possible without the support of the following people. Heather Archibald, thanks for your love and patience. Nothing I do would be possible without you. Heidi and George, my parents, for being the perfect role models and the best parents anyone could possibly have. You are an inspiration to your family. Katie Bronwyn, my daughter, for making Heather and I the happiest and luckiest people on earth. Eric Grebler, my technical editor and friend, for your graciousness and support over the years. You are a good friend. Jenny Davidson, for your hard work, dedication, and attention to detail. Jordy Nicholas and Mark Swift, for their massive contributions to this book. Phat Matt Hately and Solace for their mind-blowing rock’n’roll. Visit the rock band Solace at http://www.solacerocks.com/ TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! About the Author MARK ABDELNOURhas been involved in the music scene since the age of 10— from piano and guitar lessons to creating his own musical scores using com- puters. In 2000 Abdelnour began using eBay and instantly fell in love with it. He has been searching for, buying, and selling items—many of which are music related—for several years. Abdelnour has developed extensive amounts of curriculum and learning tools across a wide range of technical and non-technical topics. He has recently worked on several books with topics covering operating systems, music editors, image- editing software, and hardware. Abdelnour currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario. TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii PART 1 Introducing eBay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 Music on eBay? Like What?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Concert/Musicals/Opera Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Concert Memorabilia (Ticket Stubs, Concert Shirts, Pins, and So On). . 6 Music Collectibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Music CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Music 8-Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Music Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Albums/Vinyl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 DVD/VHS Videos/Concerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Musicals on TV and Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Music Figures/Toys (KISS Figures, Alice Cooper Figures, Metallica Figures, and So On) . . 16 Musical Instruments (Trumpets, Guitars, Pianos, Xylophones, and So On) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Music/Audio Accessories (Headphones, Stands, Straps, Humidifiers, Tools, and So On). . . . . . . 20 Audio Electronics (DJ Equipment, Stereos, MP3 Players, Amps, Speakers, and So On) . . 20 Autographs from Music Celebrities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Music Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Music-related Books/Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Posters/Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sheet Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Instructional Music Videos/CD/DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter 2 Flattening the Learning Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Introducing the eBay Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 What Is eBay?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! vii Contents Exploring the Front Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Chapter 3 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Registering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 PayPal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Understanding Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Chapter 4 Seek and You Shall Find. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Introducing—The Music CD Junkie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 What Are You Looking For? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Searching Using Find Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Search Items by Seller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Search Items by Bidder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Search Items in Stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Search Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Just Browsing, Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 eBay Search Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 My Favorite Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Chapter 5 Found It! Now What?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Exploring the Search Results Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 PART 2 Buying the Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Chapter 6 Understanding the Item Page View . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Exploring the Item Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Item Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Describing the Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Shipping and Payment Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Accepted Payment Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Ready to Bid? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! viii Contents Chapter 7 Before You Bid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Introducing—The Rock Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Know Thy Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Ask Seller a Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Check and Read Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Visit the Backstage Lounge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Giving Works—Charity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 MissionFish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Chapter 8 Bid to Win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Are You Ready to Bid?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Vanilla Bidding Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Nudge Bidding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Sniping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Odd Man in Technique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 The Last-Minute Shopper—AKA Vulture Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 A Bitter Shill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Chapter 9 After the Bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Checking Your Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Using the eBay Toolbar to Monitor Your Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Stick to Your Guns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Did You Lose the Auction? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Did You Win the Auction?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Chapter 10 My eBay Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Accessing My eBay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 All Buying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 All Selling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 All Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 My Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Seller Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 PayPal Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! ix Contents Chapter 11 The Half Zone on eBay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Buying on the Half Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Selling on the Half Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Introducing Half.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Chapter 12 Avoid the Scam—Music Tips from the Experts. . 229 Who Came Before You?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Serial Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Check Out Discussion Rooms (Outside of eBay, Too) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Find an Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Check Repair Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Quiz the Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Refund/Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 BBB: Better Business Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Are You Ready for Your Close-Up?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Completed Items Strikes Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Go to Trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 It’s All About Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Google It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 How Will You Be Paying for That? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Is Feedback Alone Good Enough? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 PART 3 Selling the Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Chapter 13 Before You Sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Introducing the Music Collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Be Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Surfs Are Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Feed the Feedback Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 About Who? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Talk to Your Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Talk to Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Google—Again?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Collectibles, Tradeshows, and Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine !

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