Notebook online auction buying guide

Step 5: Closing the deal
Here is where the seller says “show me the money”. Common payment methods are personal check, cash-on-delivery, wire services like Western Union, and third-party sites like PayPal. Unless it is a face-to-face deal, whereby the preferred method would be cash-on-delivery, third-party sites would be the preferred payment method as some have insurance in place which would assist you in the recovery of your money should the seller default or the item not be what you bidded for (ever seen a PlayStation 2 and 1 duck-taped together and sold as a PlayStation 3?).

Step 1: Which auction site? Step 2: What are they saying? Step 3: What questions to ask?		Step 4: Bidding techniques Step 5: Closing the deal Step 6: Common scams