Buying online had become a fashion , a trend nowadays. Myself am addicted to buying online as, I find it convenient, cheaper and accessible. My favorite place to shop online is eBay, one of the biggest online shopping site. No need to dress up to do shopping, no need to have money in your purse, just sit relax, surf and shop online. Truly this is called globalization. You are from one country and can shop from any country, any product or services you like. In Mauritius people are still a bit conservative, fearful as they are not used to the modern technology internet and are hesitated when they hear the word online.
I will give you some tips and guide while buying on ww.eBay.com, which will be useful to you when buying.
PAYMENT
- A credit card is needed first from any bank.
- Create your paypal account as you need to connect the credit card to your paypal account. After registering Paypal will take about 0.99 USD (approx MUR 30) to complete the transaction, which later it will refund you. You will get a code on your credit card statement which you will need on paypal account to create the link between paypal and credit card.
- Each time you do a transaction online you will have to login in your paypal account.
- Paypal is the most secured way to pay online.
- Payment on eBay is extremely secure.
CATEGORY
On eBay you have the choice either to buy now or bid. To buy now you just have to select your item, it may be with free shipping or paid shipping. After reading the item description you have buy the product, or you add to your watch list where you can buy later or buy in more quantity and you can add to cart.
CUSTOMIZATION
For bidding you need to bid the last to be able to get the product but make sure you check the time it may pass by. You have the choice to customize your search by price, shipping and location.
RIGHT SELLER
Sellers wait to get only good feedback. They rely their business only on good feedback. From my personal experience, once I bought an item and some part has defect. I contacted the seller, and just to avoid the bad feedback he was ready to return me the amount paid. It has happened twice and this make you a satisfied seller through their excellent service. So remember positive feedback counts.
PLACE AND TIME
It may occur that sometimes your parcel is big and you must go and get it from the post. But most of the time small parcels come directly at your doorstep. The duration varies, it can be 2 weeks to 3 months that you get the product, depending if you paid shipping and from which country you bought it. If the product cost more than about MUR 1,000, then there is a small fee to be paid at the post.
ITEM DOES NOT REACH
On eBay you have the eBay buyer protection where you can trace your product through a code or contact the seller.
I took a lot of time to write this guide especially for Mauritians. Hope you will take the risk of shopping online.I have many great experiences buying online that I became an addict now. I would like you to have the same personal experience as you will find it easy and convenient too. With that guide you can buy online from any website you want, as paypal is very secure.
So enjoy online shopping.
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