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Advantages: Great way to make AND save mone
Disadvantages: Fees, dishonest people

I registered on ebay 2 years ago and absolutely love it. I started of just bidding on small items such as books and shoes etc. The satisfaction of winning something is so addictive! My husband and I cleared out our loft and decided to sell some things, clothes, books and DVD's mainly. We made quite a bit of money out of things that we didn't even know we had! It is true, one mans junk is another mans treasure! Now, I purchase most of my beauty ...
...clothes for my children. When they have outgrown them I just sell them on there again! It is a fantastic way to save and make money. I have now started to specialise what I sell. The trick is to research, research, research. You need to see what sells and for what, also the best way to present it in pictures etc. It is possible to find unbelievable bargains on ebay, there is always something that has slipped everyone elses eyes! The downsides ... Read review

Advantages: Find Info on CDs and Books, Buy gifts for family and friends in one place.
Disadvantages: Delivery system,

Amazon.co.uk. I do not use this site to buy things off of it alot. Usually I will purchase things off it at Christmas. Likewie, the period before Christmas is the time i mainly spend on Amazon. The feature I like bestis the Wishlist's. Before Christmas my family and I all edit our wishlists so as to get things we actually want for christmas. No more bad presents, like socks or wooly jumpers. There is a drawback to this feature however.... You can ...
...mind this, but you can sometimes find a better deal at one of the highstreet retailers. Also, when you are searching for peoples wishlists, if there is more than one "Fred Jones" and they havent written something to distinguish themselves, you can spend ages looking for them. Another thing I don'tlike about Amazon is the fact that I find it quite complicated to purchase the goods. This might just be me.. but if i want things to come I want them ... Read review

Advantages: NO SELLING FEES
Disadvantages: A NEW SITE NOT MANY HAVE HEARD OF THERFORE NOT AS MUCH CHOICE.

This IS the new 'ebay'. Many years ago, I discovered ebay and quickly became a devotee, having several times created and deleted accounts for one reason or another. Over my time on there I became more and more disgruntled with it. This is due, partly because of the new meanness of the buyers who seem to no longer delight in getting a bargain at a good low price, but who now seem to have devised buying strategies which include, watching an item until ...
...ensuring that they only pay the starting price. All very well if you are a buyer, but if you are hoping to sell and make some pocket money or holiday funds, which people on low incomes sometimes have to resort to, then its a very different story. By the time the site has deducted its fees and paypal (if chosen as a method of payment) take theirs, the money one has made quickly reduces. This latest fee raising ( planned soon) lead me to look else ... Read review

Advantages: Many items are excellent value for money
Disadvantages: the additional costs take the edge off your bargain

I am not too happy with some of the happenings of these channels. The fact you can only buy one item at a time (or pay P&P and call cost) on another phone. They boast a money back guarantee but they fail to say it doesn't include your P&P. I recently had to return a very cheap item because they sent the wrong size, even their invoice confirmed the size it should have been, but the label on the garment was a size smaller. I called and said I expected ...
...to date I only have the cost of the item, so they have their wrong sized goods back to sell to someone else and I'm out of pocket by £15:00 as I had to pay to return the goods as well - not such a bargain after all. The speed auction is also questionable because they seldom have a clock to show how much time is left - I have seen the auction go on for several seconds after the presenter has said time was up - this leaves it open to higher bidders ... Read review

Advantages: Free stuff
Disadvantages: Postage

Swapitshop (Under 18's) - Sell things you don't want for things you do. I have been using this site for over 2 years now and I love it. It's amazing, you can buy anything from pokemon cards to a new xbox 360. The only cost is postage and packaging which, is slightly cofusing as you have to add the address of swapitshop on the package and then the member number, swap number and then you add on two stamps (one to get to swapitshop and one to get ...
...I ain't selling anything but, instead I joined something called Swapitshop Friends and Links. This allows me to post a link to swapitshop on my site: www.swapitshop12.piczo.com so, I can get swapits easier. Instead, of using money for things you use swapits. When a standard member joins they get 10 swapits to start off with. (But, if you click the link I posted above you can get 15 swapits). The ranking system For the ranking you are either one ... Read review