EBay for Dummies by Marsha Collier

complete your transaction. You may try to give the bidder a call or send an e-mail through the Dispute Console to resolve the situation during this time.
    After the ten days have passed but no more than 60 days have elapsed since the end of the auction, you may file for a final value fee credit.
    If you have begin the process and file for a final value fee credit but then manage to work things out with the buyer, eBay removes the complaint from the buyer’s account after the buyer pays through PayPal. Buyers with too many of these warnings can be suspended from using the eBay site. You can automatically file to have this alert removed through the Dispute Console.
    Organizing in the Organize Area
    Part of the fun of eBay is searching for stuff that you’d never in a million years think of looking for. Wacky stuff aside, most eBay users spend their time hunting for specific items — say, Barbie dolls, designer dresses, plumbing supplies, or U.S. stamps. That’s why eBay came up with the Organize area of your My eBay page. Whenever you view your My eBay Organize links, you see a list of your favorite searches and sellers. But because eBay isn’t psychic, you have to tell it what you want listed.
    If you shop eBay at all like I do, you’ll be looking for similar things and sellers over and over. The My eBay Organize area allows you to make note of your favorite searches and sellers. You can perform these searches and visit these stores with a click of your mouse.
    Saved searches
    You have the opportunity to list a maximum of 100 searches here. When you want to repeat one of these searches, just click the Search name to search for the item. eBay will even e-mail you up to 20 of your searches when new items are listed. (For more on that advanced function, check out Chapter 18.)
    To add a search to your favorites, first perform the search. (For details on how to perform a search, see Chapter 5.) When the search appears on your screen, click the Save This Search link, shown at the top of the search results in Figure 4-6.
    Figure 4-6: Click the Add to Favorite Searches link to send a search to your My eBay Favorites page.

    The search is now transported to your My eBay Favorite Searches area for that particular search, as shown in Figure 4-7. If you want to be notified by e-mail when new items are listed, select the check box and the time frame in the drop-down menu.
    Figure 4-7: The Adding a Favorite Search details page.

    Saved sellers
    When you find a seller whose merchandise and prices are right up your alley and you’d like to occasionally check out the seller’s auctions, you can list the seller in the Favorite Sellers area:
    1. When you’ve shopped eBay and found a seller that you’re happy with, click the link on the listing page to view the seller’s other items.
    You see a search page listing all the items for sale by that seller.
    2. Scroll down the page, and on the left side, click the Add to saved sellers link.
    The seller is saved to your Saved sellers (favorites) page.
    If you find seller that you’d like to make favorites while you’re browsing or buying in their eBay stores, click the Add to Saved Sellers link at the top of the store’s home page.
    Got the time? eBay does. Click the eBay Official Time link, which is at the bottom of virtually every eBay page. The eBay clock is so accurate that you can set your watch by it. And you may want to, especially if you want to place a last-second bid before an auction closes. After all, eBay’s official time is, um, official.
    Following the Action on Your Buying and Watching Pages
    I have the most fun on eBay when I’m shopping. Shopping on eBay is exciting, and I can find a zillion great bargains. Fortunately, eBay gives us a place to keep all our shopping information together: the Buying area.
    Seeing the Items I’m Buying
    When you bid on an item, eBay automatically lists the item in the Buying area of your My eBay Page. If you’re winning an auction, the