Bid and Buy a Product from eBay

Online auctions have grown to be a favorite shopping space for many people. A leading online auction Web site is eBay. To submit a bid for an item on eBay, complete the following steps:
1. Type www. ebay. com in the Address bar of your browser. Press the ENTER key to display the eBay home page
2. You must be registered to bid on eBay. If you are registered, click the Sign in link, enter your eBay
User ID and Password, and then click the Sign In Securely button. If not, click the register link and follow the instructions.
3. Pick an item you find interesting and on which you might bid.
4. Enter your item in the search text box and then click the Search button.
5. Scroll through the page to see the available items.
6. To bid on an item, dick the item's description and then click the Place Bid button. The eBay Web site
contains reminders that when you bid on an item,
you are entering into a contract to purchase the item if you are the successful bidder. Bidding on eBay is serious business.
7. Enter the amount of your bid. Click the Continue button.
8. You will confirm your bid and receive notification about your bid.
9. You will be notified by e-mail if you won the bid. If so, you will arrange with the seller for payment and shipment.

Exercise

1.       Start your browser and display the eBay home page.

2.       In the search text box, enter the name of an upcoming sporting event you would like to attend followed by the word, tickets. For example, enter Super Bowl tickets as the entry. Click the Search button.

3.       Did you find available tickets? Were there more tickets available than you expected, or fewer? Are the bid prices reasonable or ridiculous? How many bids were made for all the tickets? How much time is left to bid? What items did you find that you were not expecting? Submit answers to these questions to your instructor.

4.       Enter an item of your choice in the search text box. If you fed so inclined, bid on an item. Do you think this manner of buying goods is valuable? Why? Will you visit eBay again? Why? Subrrut ariswere to these questka to ycmr instructor.