If you sell anything online, then you need to be aware that you may be contacted by scammers.  They will claim to have interest in your product and they may even offer to send you a cashier’s check for a large sum above what you are asking.  They’ll say the extra amount is for your troubles, the shipping to another country, or some might even ask you to cash the check and send them the excess.  AS IF!!!!
Unfortunately, many have fallen for these schemes and lost large sums of money.  Here is an example of a scammer email.  Actually, this is …read more

Last week, my husband listed his motorcycle on ebay.  The high bidder emailed to say that he bought another motorcycle and wouldn’t be able to buy my husband’s.  My husband reminded the buyer that as a bidder he was under contract to purchase the bike. 
After several emails, the buyer finally agreed to come and look at the bike.  In a “nice way” he said that he would drive 2 1/2 hours to look at the bike, but if anything was different than described, my husband should be prepared to pay him for his time and that he would receive negative feedback …read more

Does that title have you scratching your head in confusion? lol Let me explain . . .
You just go to Free Shipping On and use the tabs to find which items are available from Amazon or ebay with free shipping.  Another tab takes you to a page that offers free shipping coupons for over 500 stores!  The coupons are even organized by category.
What a time and money saver!

This is a friendly reminder to be skeptical of emails from Ebay, Paypal, or your bank.  Scammers are doing a really good job at making email notifications look like the real deal.  Today I received one claiming to be from Paypal.

Information Regarding Your account:

Dear PayPal Member:Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

I am leary of anything …read more

We all have things in our house that we need to get rid of.  Instead of having a yard sale and underpricing your stuff, or paying to sell it on Ebay, try placing a free online classified ad. 
Craigslist has become a very popular classified website.  Several years ago Ebay bought 25% of Craigslist.  For a while, they didn’t do anything with it and just let it sit there as an investment.  But now, Ebay is going into competition with a company they partially own by launching Kijiji.com.
Now we have two free online sources for selling things.  Looks like the two companies will …read more

Last week I told you about the benefits of Freecycle, so this week I’d thought I’d share some experiences of ebay. 
When you are looking for a particular item – cell phone, vacuum cleaner, dehumidifier, r/c car, book, digital camera - try ebay.  These things I have listed are all things that my husband and I have purchased from ebay at a fraction of the price.
If you’ll recall, I told you about the great deal I got on my Eureka vacuum cleaner and dehumidifier.  A few weeks ago, my husband purchased another digital camera from ebay and last week he bought me a new …read more

I went out this morning and was glad to see that yard sale season has begun.  I stopped at several yard sales.  At my first stop I picked up a bunch of maternity clothes.  The clothes aren’t for me.  I got some for my SIL and will use the rest to sell on ebay to get my money back for the others I bought.  I also got my friend’s son some shirts for 50 cents each.
I stopped at another sale and got my daughter some clothes for 25 cents each, which was a great deal.  They certainly weren’t ragged or worn out and will …read more

Make a Paypal purchase of $30 or more between February 8 and March 31 to receive a $15 cash rebate from Paypal.  You can shop online anywhere that Paypal is accepted in the U.S. and Canada, including ebay.  To qualify, you must enter your paypal email address here to register.  Please read the terms and conditions for registering.

Now I have seen everything.  At least until the next time someone shocks me.
Someone is offering to pay your child’s first year of tuition, room, and board at Oklahoma Wesleyan University on ebay.  Note this is a Christian university in Bartlesville, OK.  Turns out, you can bid for the right to have your child go there for the winning bid amount.  Tuition for the university is over $23,000 for one year and the bid is only at $16,200 right now.  It’s worth a shot.  The bid made the Fox news channel this morning and I thought I would let …read more

My husband has been complaining about our very expensive canister vacuum since we got it about 6 years ago (FYI – we bought it used).  I liked the vacuum cleaner because it was good on carpet and hardwood floors.  This past year my husband has been talking to me about getting a Dyson vacuum cleaner.  I said there was no way I was going to spend that kind of money.
After my response, my husband began to do something that he does very well.  He began to research the many different brands and products that are available.  He did some research …read more