1. Living in a country where most people belong to the SECC
(Socio Economic Class-C), buying designer products is out of the
reach of most citizens. This is whereonline shopping sites come in
handy and no site has more influence on shoppinghabits and online
users than the famous e-bay. The site has a plethora ofproducts on
offers, from infant toys to classic cars. While every need of
thebuyer is satisfied, issues arise when the product is finally
gets delivered atyour place; what you ordered might just not be the
thing you desired or paidfor. To eradicate such issues, the
following steps should always be followedwhile you browse products
on e-bay.To know about the reliability and authenticity of the
advertiser should be thepriority. Whenever you browse for items on
e-bay, make sure that the seller ofthat particular item has a
positive rating beside his name. The rating barappears on the left
side and it provides a score out of hundred(100). The higherthe
score the more reliable the seller is. One can also read comments
about theseller by the buyers about his previous products. People
can also search forpower seller who are considered to be amongst
the top sellers on e-bay. Bewareof the sellers who express the
information about their products in an amateurwriting style like
teenagers. In addition, an authentic seller never misspellslike
genes instead of jeans.Second step should always be to check the
repetition of the same product underthe search result link. For
instance, if you are trying to search PS3(Play-station 3) and
hundreds of search results come up, amongst those results a lotof
repetition of the same product shows up. So it hints that either
the selleris selling fakes or faulty items or has accumulated these
goods under suspiciouscircumstances because there is no way that an
authentic seller can possessdozens of PS3.Asking relevant questions
for a product which has no description is anotherimportant step.
The question should also be to double check the sellerscredibility.
Questions may be about the condition of the product, source of
theacquisition of the product, purchase price, and purchase date of
the product andplace from where it was bought. If a seller of PS3
says that he bought it for35000 and got only one controller, it
hints that he might have bought usedconsole as the new one comes
with two original controllers.Checking the picture of the product
also plays a vital role. The quality of thepicture helps
determining whether the sellers product is in good condition ornot.
If the seller has set the picture of his PS3 with his camera, it
normallymeans that the product is in good condition and if the
picture has been put upfrom a certain site then you should revert
to the previous step of askingrelevant questions regarding the
authenticity of the product.Final step is to check the price of the
product. If the seller is selling hisPS3 for 15000pkr, instead of
getting all jumpy over the price and ordering it inthe heartbeat,
one should always keep the current market value in mind.Considering
that the original PS3 costs around 35000-40000 pkr, The
console,that the seller is offering for 15000pkr., might have
develop severe fault or itmight be stolen.Thus, considering the
aforementioned steps, one can avoid fraud or buying faultyor stolen
products from e-bay.
