Mar 142024
 

Working from home while caring for toddlers can be an extreme challenge. Trying to find the time to work on your business, without depriving your toddler of the love and attention they need can be hectic. Often times, work at home moms find that either their toddler is spending too much time in front of the TV or that the business is neglected. So, how do you get your business thriving while still being a good mom?

I can tell you from first-hand experience that maintaining a deep level of concentration on work in a home business for long periods of time is next to impossible. Nap time does offer some reprieve, but any break from the kids is usually short lived.

Even with older children, summertime introduces new challenges with kids running in and out of the house all throughout the day.

Set business ground rules and share them with your kids.

Your kids need to be aware that you operate a home-based business and know how to act accordingly. Set out basic rules that will allow you to operate your home-based business as professionally as possible, such as how to answer the telephone, how to answer the door, and how to act when clients are around. Include rules that will help make the time you spend working on your home-based business more productive, such as not touching Mommy’s desk or not interrupting Mommy while she’s in her office.

However, from both a business viewpoint and from the human relations viewpoint, it’s best to have a clear understanding with each of them as to what kind of things they will and should do (answer the phone, open mail, pack and ship merchandise, etc.) and what they definitely are not to do (make payments to people without your authorization, make agreements, deals or contracts without asking you). Such advance agreements can avoid a lot of aggravation and make everything go much more smoothly.

Include your kids in your home-based business.

No matter what kind of home-based business you run, there’s something your kids can do, and making your kids a part of your home-based business can be a great opportunity for you to spend more time with them and teach them things such as handling money.

For instance, one home-based business owner I know takes her age 7 and 9-year-old kids with her when she goes around replacing the products in dispensing machines, and has them count and organize change.

If your kids are working in your home-based business, I believe you should pay them. This is not only a great way to teach your kids the value of labor, but can be a business tax deduction for you as well.

Find creative ways to combine your home-based business and your kids.

If the client is agreeable, for example, you could hold a business meeting at MacDonald’s, for instance, or some other restaurant that has a play area for kids. If a client is coming to meet with you in your home, perhaps she could bring her children so your kids could play together while you meet. Take your kids with you when you go to buy more office supplies or run other business-related errands.

Give your toddler his own office.

Most moms find that their toddlers want to be like mom as much as possible. So, set your toddler up with a table and chair next to yours. Make sure you have good office supplies for them. A coloring book, a few sheets of paper, crayons and a pencil are basic essentials. If possible, an imitation computer and play phone would be ideal office equipment. Then sit at your desk and work beside your child. Remember that a toddler requires a lot of praise, so be sure to look over at your child’s work and compliment it from time to time. Also keep their attention span in mind. Keep your child’s office time limited to a half-hour and only do this once a day. It keeps your child from getting bored with the “game”. Be sure to reward your child for working and allowing you to work with some quality time afterwards.

If you have two or three kids with age range of 3 to 5, you will definitely be up to your neck. While often restless and cannot stay put for a minute, it does not mean that toddlers cannot be trained to cooperate with you while you are working. I know of a friend who was able to manage these ‘coyotes’ perfectly during their supposed ‘office hours’.

My friend installed three tiny office desks beside her own office desk. These tiny offices were complete with a toy telephone, bunches of coloring books, Nursery Rhymes, Bible Stories, Children’s Picture Books, a generous stack of ‘writing paper’. Their snacks and beverages are prepared and kept in the refrigerator for them to go and pick it up whenever they are hungry. When mom is sitting at her desk working, the kids are instructed to work silently at his or her own desk. Everyone must show the ‘assignments’ to mom during breaks. Breaks are timed every hour, to allow the children time to play with each other and with Mom. After two weeks of firm implementation, the children automatically reported to their own little office space after breakfast and everyone silently did their own share of what mom has assigned them to do.

I would like to share with you some of the tips I have discovered to help manage your home office with children in your midst. Since children of different ages pose different challenges, I will present my tips in terms of age groups.

OLDER CHILDREN AND TEENS

We will look at older children first since they pose the least challenge to our work productivity.

Children, who are old enough to understand the idea of schedules and chores, are old enough to understand the needs of your home business. Explain to your children that you do your work at home so that you can be near them when they need you. But also be sure they understand that you must do your work so that you will have the money necessary to keep your house, feed the family and to provide them with money for entertainment.

Once your children understand the necessity of your work, then outline a work schedule and explain it to them. Do make sure they understand that emergencies are definitely an acceptable reason to interrupt your work. Then make sure they understand that between hours x and y, you will be doing work — and then hold them to respecting your schedule.

INFANTS

Infants will never understand your needs for work. But fortunately, babies do well under a schedule or routine. Instead of expecting your child to work around your schedule, schedule your work around the needs of your baby.

It is simple. Babies eat, sleep and poop. Sometimes they play. Fortunately, babies sleep more than they do anything else.

Nap time offers the best advantage for getting your work done. Get your baby into a routine of eat, sleep and play, and you will experience unexpected levels of productivity.

TODDLERS

Develop a routine with your children for meal times, nap times, and play times. Work these times into your work schedule and adhere to them. If you fail to keep appointments with your children, your children will have less respect for your work and do more to prevent you from the completion of your work.

Don’t be afraid to let your children sit in your lap while you are working. It helps them to feel wanted and it helps them to be a part of your daily life. There are times when it is okay for them to be sitting in your lap while you work, and at other times you need them out of your lap. Don’t be afraid to tell them to get down and go play or read a book so that you can resume your work.

Permit your children to have their toys in your office. Often they will sit contently and play while you work. Just knowing you are near is enough to keep them happy.

Be prepared to take an hourly break to deal with your toddler. Try to do potty breaks at your hourly break and to do drink refills. This can help your child grow into a routine that will work well with your home business. At each break, spend a few minutes with your child giving hugs and kisses and talking with your child about what he or she wants to talk about.

Toddlers don’t always do well with the routine, so be prepared to take a few minutes when needed to give the attention that your child so desperately needs in the moment.

IN CONCLUSION

I hope these tips serve to help you in the challenge of operating a successful home business.

My home business permits me to fulfill my financial obligations *AND* see my children grow up. I would never contemplate trading my home business for another kind of business. Even with the added challenges of dealing with toddlers in my home office, the upsides far outweigh the downsides.

Growing my own home business with children around has definitely given me a new respect for all people who successfully run a home business with kids in the work environment. I tip my hat to you… You deserve it!

Scheduling daily time with the kids will help you remember that your kids are just as important as your home-based business activities.

Mar 082024
 

The History
American Satellite and Entertainment Inc. has been founded in 1996, in the years where satellites had already been introduced, yet had plenty of aspects that needed to be developed and improved. The market was existent, yet new; it was the perfect time for a new company to enter this field, and wage war on other retailers. The area of expertise of American Satellite ranges from satellites, broadcasts, DirectTV, Satellite Internet as well as HDTV and (according to recent press releases issued by American Satellite) even GPS navigational systems. With more than 4,000 licensed and trained installers who are in turn available throughout 39 states, American Satellite has become quite a prominent giant of the satellite business. Whether they are number one or the best of the bests is not important, but we should rather focus on how reliable the service is.

Price Matching
A point that surfaces quite often when discussing about companies, retailers and everyday stores is the following: “Will business X personally guarantee the lowest price available on the market?” The answer to this question is: “Yes, American Satellite does match the lowest available price.” However, you should be aware that this is not as simple as walking in the store or calling them and asking them to match a price that you have seen somewhere else. American Satellites reserve the right to limit quantities or dates if the other retailer has a similar police; furthermore, American Satellite’s price matching is not valid if you found a lower price that was due to a bonus offer (nor any kind of different special offers), rebates or even typographical error. What this means is that American Satellite will only match the everyday normal price of another retailer, nothing more, nothing less.

Exclusive Deals
As of June 2006, American Satellite and Entertainment Inc. has signed a deal with another giant, which is none other than Amazon.com. The deal in question allows Amazon.com to be the exclusive online dealer for DirectTV systems. This is quite a good deal for us, the average customer as Amazon.com does have quite a good reputation toward their customers (which are estimated to be at roughly 50 million buyers who bought a single item or more.) The joint work of Amazon.com and American Satellite will undoubtedly please many, and should not be looked as a bad move.

Reward Program
With the HDTV market blooming; it is quite understandable that the battle of supremacy, the battle for the number one spot in HDTV and cable retailer is still fierce and ongoing. American Satellite has thought of a clever and overall very simplistic way of attracting even more customers; if you fill out and send a referral form to a friend, family member or neighbor, and in turn, they buy and activate their DirectTV system, you will receive 75 dollars. It is quite an easy stunt, but you can be assured that it encouraged people to talk about the service. As for the fine prints, you will only receive your $75 via checks (which take about 8 to 10 weeks to arrive) and will also be declared void if they are not cashed in the following 6 months. Obviously, you are also required to be an already existent owner of a DirectTV system via American Satellite. It is also good to mention that the offer does not limit you to a set number of referrals, as you can refer as many people as you can.

Mar 072024
 

Probably the most famous market in the Netherlands, this market twists most of the way down the pedestrian Albert Cuyp Straat in De Pijp area of Amsterdam near the Heineken Brewery. It receives over 20,000 visitors a day and almost twice of that on Saturday. The range of stuff here is amazing from wild game to furniture. It’s definitely worth a visit if one wants to pick up some bargains and great gifts.


Albert Cuyp is a mile-long, no-nonsense, 100-year-old street market. It is the place where locals stock up on food, flowers, clothes and philosophy six days a week. There is something very enjoyable about a market right in the middle of the street, where cars are banned and pedestrians rule. The market has nearly 300 vendors on both sides of the street facing a central aisle that runs down the middle of four blocks of Albert Cuypstraat. One can see – Kurds, Serbs and Cambodians alongside the ruddy old-timers selling and buying, it is a market as which is used for everyday larder, choosing from fruits and vegetables, fresh chickens on ice, and smoked and fresh fish. One can walk through Albert Cuyp and see a tourist, feeling, for just a moment, what it must be like to be a native. There is no pretension here, but value is everywhere.


Most of the stores on Albert Cuypstraat display their wares on the sidewalk and some even have market stalls. There are a lot of flower and plant merchants and clothing stores whose prices attract a regular following, and little cafes along the street selling local specialties. This is a good neighborhood to scout out the numerous cheap ethnic restaurants operated by recent immigrants.


Behind the Albert Cuyp street there are other shops with good deals on computers, pets, furniture, haircuts, and more. The Albert Cuypmarket has more then 400 stalls selling local and exotic foodstuffs, spices and teas, clothing new and second hand and thousands of different odds and ends. One can wander around, sampling the offerings, or look at the public. On this market you notice how international Amsterdam is – People from half of all countries shop and sell here.

Mar 062024
 

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Mar 052024
 

Fingerprinting has long been a reliable method of identifying people. This biological trait is unique to each individual. To obtain a fingerprint a dye had to be placed on the thumb and an impression had to be made. To determine the pattern fingerprinting experts were needed. These experts took a long time in comparing fingerprints and identifying matching ones. With the advent of computers comparison became easier and faster.


Biometry as it is commonly known has come a long way now. Biological characteristics such as iris patterns, retinal imaging, face geometry, hand geometry, vocal frequency characteristics, signature characteristics and even gait characteristics are now a part of biometry. Biometric technologies use these various characteristics to identify an individual. They have been claims that the many other biometric procedures are unique to an individual. Proving this claim is next to impossible. Research and practical application of these technologies have not produced similar readings so far and so it is sufficient to assume that they are unique. Each biometric application is suitable for a particular application.


Biometrics can be used to identify people. The techniques that are presently used are not as intrusive or do not need cooperation as with the fingerprinting technique. To confirm the identity of a person is all that is needed. Biometric technology offers that possibility. It is unlike a security pass that can be stolen or a password that can be guessed or broken using brute force. Biometry also does not depend on secrecy like passwords.


Security environments can use biometry effectively. The biometric identity of a person is scanned and stored. Whenever the person enters the office building or a premise requiring security the biometric is scanned again and compared with the record to confirm their identity. The biometric form of identification is a foolproof and quicker way of identifying a person compared to the manual system but requires high quality of data if database searches are to give accurate results.


Use of Biometrics

ID scanners are already being used in access control. For identification of individuals Fingerprint scanners and photos have been effectively used. Biometry is a whole lot wider than these. Information systems security, Access control security in various buildings and premises that require security, Law and order department of the government are where biometrics security implementation could be useful. Large-scale application would be to replace the present fingerprinting and signature system with biometry. The criminal justice system, social security system, Immigration and national security could be places where biometric form of identification could play a big role.


Fingerprinting is already a form a biometric identification that has been in place for a very long time. Ink fingerprints are already fed to automated systems. Face recognition systems are also in use with photography and digital databases of photos being maintained. Face recognition technology is a more covert operation than that of fingerprinting. The individual’s cooperation is not necessary. The photo could be obtained through the various CCTV cameras and then a run on the various databases could be carried out.


Vital Issues


    How effective is fingerprinting if the skin is damaged or greasy?
    If the lighting is variable then facial features are different?
    Photos and facial features change with age.
    Is Iris and Retina scan security effective? Can contact lenses be etched with a false iris image?
    Will the issue of privacy of an individual affect biometric application?
    Retinal scan can also turn up possibilities of health defects, if this information fell into unscrupulous hands it could create more problems.



Biometrics could significantly change the way identification and security is achieved. Maximizing the benefits with regard to civil liberties is a major challenge that has to be dealt with.



David Casper is the webmaster of the website http://www.officearmor.com that deals with complete security for your office and other premises. Various aspects of biometric security like Access control security , finger print scanner etc. are elaborated here.

Feb 252024
 

Beginning a hobby or career in real estate investing doesn’t have to be so
complicated or such hard work if you will only begin with what you have, right
where you are at this moment.

Look for someone who really needs to sell their home and solve their
problem. One of the fastest solutions if they are about to lose the house is to
take over their payments on a subject-to contract. By giving them some
walking money, they can afford to move and still have the cash to rent another
home.

Then, clean up the property, lease it out to a future buyer on a rent-to-own
basis which is called a Lease/Option. You get to collect an up-front, non-
refundable deposit. Three to five percent of the future purchase price is a good
figure to shoot for. You can actually do this every month and make some
additional cash, or concentrate on this method as a full time lifestyle.

Have the renter/buyer sign a contract. You pocket the difference between what
you’re paying the original owner and the amount you’re collecting from the
new renter/buyer. The spread is higher on nice, expensive homes in great
neighborhoods, so don’t be afraid to search in these areas.

This is a good method of collecting extra cash flow every month. There is no
limit to the number of these deals you can do other than your time and effort.

Call on every ¡°For Rent¡± ad in the local paper and just ask if they would be
willing to sell the property in a couple of years if you sign a long-term lease. If
you get a yes, negotiate a fair purchase price, sign a contract and find a
renter/buyer. It really is that simple. Of course, you want to have a lawyer
check out the contracts on the first deal to protect both parties.

Try to get at least $150 more per month than you are paying. Also get a
minimum of $1000 above and beyond what you have paid out as the option
deposit. You don’t want to be working for free, do you?

Let’s look at some figures from actual lease/options. A couple were behind on
their notes because he lost his job, and she didn’t make enough to pay all the
living expense. The stress was causing marital problems and they wanted to
sell, but the house stayed on the market for six months with no takers.

They were getting desperate when a neighbor mentioned the situation to her
church group. One of the group’s members had a son who was looking for a
house that could be leased with an option to purchase in a few years. He and
his wife didn’t have a lot of money for a down payment, but they knew that
buying was better than renting.

After looking at the property, they decided it would be a perfect first home if
they could manage the financing. The couple offered $1000 as a non-
refundable option deposit, if the current owners would give them two years to
qualify for a new mortgage. The timing was right and the current owners
accepted the offer. The monthly payment they agreed on was $200 less than
similar house rentals in the area.

Both couples were happy and they signed contracts for the deal the next day.
The new couple didn’t even move in. They saw an opportunity to make some
quick cash and a good monthly cash flow, so they lease/optioned the house to
another couple for $5000 down with payments that were $300 above their
obligation.

If this new couple closes on the deal in 1 year, they will have earned $5,000
up front and $3,600 over the course of the year in monthly cash flow. By the
way, the sales price was $12,000 higher than what they had agreed to pay the
original owners. Added up this equals $20,600 for just a few hours work.

These deals exist in every town in the world. You can do these until you build
up your bankroll and monthly cash flow. There are no geographical limits.
Travel the world doing deals, living where you please and life is no longer on
a budget.

Feb 242024
 


When my mobile rings at the moment there is a roughly 50/50 chance that it is some poor sales guy offering me a ‘fantastic’ deal on a new mobile phone. This annual ritual of advances and declines that takes place every July can mean only one thing. My mobile phone contract is due for renewal. In recent weeks I’ve had numerous calls, direct mail and e-mail marketing from various companies trying to win me over as a new contract mobile phone customer. To be honest, I would have been tempted just to roll over my current contract and stick with my mobile network provider had they themselves not shoved a deluge of frankly confusing ‘great deals’ through my letter box. I read through these and found myself without any clue as to which of the contract mobile deals would suit me best.

Perhaps I am becoming less intelligent by the day or is it just that the mobile network providers are vying for customers so hard that they end up confusing us with an ever increasing array of complicated payment structures? At around that time I decided to do things by the book. Firstly I dumped the direct mail in the bin and deleted messages from peaky sales centres. I then visited the website of Ofcom for advice on how to go about finding the best contract phone deals.

The information from Ofcom was simple and straight forward and gave me a good place to start. I made a list of my usage and lifestyle points to structure the basics of the mobile phone deal that I’d need. I then looked through previous itemised bills to find how much text messaging I was going and looked at other areas such as downloading and came up with a ‘package’ that suited my usage. The next thing was to go out there and find contract phone deal that matched up closely with my ‘package’.

So again I tried the web figuring it to be a little more unbiased than going through the more marketing focused communication channels. There was some good stuff online – lots of information from review sites on customer service of the major networks and reviews of handsets that proved pretty useful. This helped me figure out the handset I wanted and so I progressed to the purchase stage of my search for a new contract phone. In the end I went to an online reseller who deals with the major networks ad phone manufacturers. Their site had a tool which basically allowed you to create your own contract moblie phone deal with the handset and monthly payment structure that suits. I picked the handset that I wanted on the contract that I wanted and ended up with an I-Pod as a free gift into the bargain.

This is really the first time that I’ve used the web to compare product and services. I plan on doing it again – next up electricity and gas prices!

Feb 222024
 

Everybody knows that planning a nice get a way can be very expensive due to the cost of gas, the time of year, the location and food. Here are some tips to consider before packing up and hitting the road.

Make Plans Online

Many travel websites, such as www.orbitz.com, www.expedia.com and www.hotels.com offer great deals in airfare and hotel. They also offer packages that include airfare, hotel and a rental car. Consolidating all these options into one package is cheaper than paying individually for them in most situations.

Expedia is now featuring a New York City summer vacation package offering airfare plus three nights at the Milford Plaza located within one block of 14 Broadway theatres for as low as $527 a person. You have the option to ad a 90 minute harbor cruise for $22.

Orbitz is offering airfare plus three nights in Montego Bay, Jamaica for as low as $522 a person.

Road Trips

Rent a vehicle: If your travel destination is cross country, it may be smart to rent a car. Renting a car is cheaper than the wear and tear you would have to pay on the vehicle you own. Many car rental places offer coupons to upgrade to larger and more comfortable vehicles.

Eating out: Having to eat every single meal at a restaurant on a road trip can add up very quickly. Try taking advantage of the complimentary breakfast your hotel may be offering. Also, when you are choosing restaurants, see if they have a discounted children’s menu if you are traveling with the family or daily specials.

Attractions and Theme Parks: It may be smart to take advantage of multi-day passes, which is way cheaper than buying single day passes each day. Universal Studios Orlando has a package that offers unlimited admission to both Universal Orlando theme parks for up to five consecutive days for two adults and two kids. A three day rental car from Dollar Rental Car is included in the package. This offer is available for $139 per adult. Also, if you have infants, bring your own stroller to these theme parks. Renting strollers can cost you up to $10 a day.

Purchases: Everyone knows when they bring their children on a vacation, everything they lay their eyes on; they want you to buy it for them. Set aside a certain amount of money for the kids to spend. If you do that, they will have to make tough decisions on what they want and will make them spend their money more carefully. As for you adults, why pay $8 for a cocktail pool side when you can purchase alcohol at a nearby neighborhood store? You can make cocktails in your hotel room and pour into a plastic cup to bring down to the pool.

Check out other attractions: You do not have to spend every minute of your vacation at a theme park. Try less expensive attractions. Go visit the local museum or take a tour of the city. Site seeing can sometimes be more enjoyable than sardine packed theme parks, plus they are a lot less expensive.

Renting Furniture As A Practical Option

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Feb 202024
 

High prices of furniture and office equipment are the most common obstacles any start up or home-base business face. With the current trend of setting up home businesses, it is still important to maintain a degree of functionality and professional appeal to your home office. After all, clients might want to meet with you at your office and you surely don’t want them to see you slump in your kitchen chair. They may not want to close deals on the counter top or the kitchen table. They surely cannot wait until your city office has been fully set-up and furnished. Buying furniture is only a practical option if you intend to keep your business at home forever. But if you’re waiting for the set up of your true office and want to keep doing business at home for the meantime you might want to try furniture rentals, furniture leasing, and equipment rentals.

There are certain advantages to furniture rentals, furniture leasing, and equipment rentals. First, no large payments. You get to minimize expenditures if you only plan to rent the item for short periods. This is an especially good option for renting audio-visual equipments for home presentations or an extra computer while yours is still being fixed. Also, you can use top quality equipment for minimum rent. A high grade equipment which you could not normally afford for your own office can be rented for a fraction of its cost for a period of time. Second, you have the unlimited access to the machine or furniture for the period you rent it. You don’t have to worry about moving it in with you come relocation time or finding a buyer that can give you a good deal. Third, business usually get easier credit for renting or leasing an equipment than for purchasing it. Because the financing company or leasing company maintains the ownership of your furniture or equipment, there is a lower need for additional forms of security. This translates to higher acceptance rates.

When you consider buying larger articles for furniture or office equipment you risk incurring payments or loans amounting to thousands of dollars. This will put a huge dent on your credit limit. With the proliferation of furniture rentals, furniture leasing, and equipment rental shops in the market and online, renting or leasing furniture and equipment is a viable and practical option.

Information on Adipex Keeps Your Fats Off

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Feb 062024
 

Overweight is always of a matter of deep concern for people of all age-group. It doesn’t only make people look uglier, but also it creates several disorders in their health. It is necessary, thus, to take proper care to maintain one’s figure by keeping himself fit and slim. Adipex is a popular medicine to take people’s worry off of gaining weight.

Adipex diet pills are one of the most effective among all other diet pills, which guarantees a control over weight. It is today one of the most popular weight loss drugs for healthy weight control and healthy living. Taken with proper exercise, and good diet, this diet pills helps overweight people to get rid of all their flab, and cheer with good health.

Now buying Adipex diet pills has become very easy with online selling. People can now buy Adipex in a quick moment through online method. Buying it online gives them an opportunity to match the prices of pills sold by different online sellers. Along with saving a lot of time, online buying of Adipex saves buyer from inconveniences and embarrassment of going to a doctor or drug seller, and ask for diet pills. Online buying let people have benefit of international shipping as well as guaranteed lowest price.

Adipex diet pills functions in the body effectively, as it stimulates hypothalamus gland and affects certain neurotransmitters, which controls nervous system of brain. Thus, it controls the gland which allows appetite in our body. Appetite is lost due to Adipex diet pills, and people refrain having heavy food, including fats. In such way, this pill deals with obesity in a strict way, and keeps fats of dwelling in one’s body.

Adipex diet pills are prescribed medicine used to control obesity by suppressing people’s appetite. The result of this pill depends upon the way in which proper diet, and exercise has been taken along with this pills. Intake of less caloric food during the course of Adipex diet pills can result very positively.

The Cons of Online Auction Sites Like Ebay

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Jan 292024
 

EBay has over 120 million registered users and it can be a great place to make extra money by selling what you now longer need or even starting a business. My wife and I used to have 7 employees doing Ebay full time and we were making a net of about $8,000 per week. But what about the buyers? They shop sites like Ebay hoping to find lower prices on items that they are looking at buying any way. A pair of pants that sells at American Eagle for $40 and here it is ion Ebay for only $30. Is this a deal or what? But wait, after you pay the $12 shipping you are actually spending more.

Sites like Ebay are like a drug. People keep bidding on items going higher and higher in price because they will do anything to win. People get in a frenzy and by the time they have won the item they have paid a lot more then they could have gotten that same item for at a local store. Once in awhile this would not be that bad but what about the people that keep on repeating this? The cannot provide the basic necessities for their kids because most of their money is being spent on these online auction sites like Ebay. Yahoo has auction, amazon auctions, Ubid the list just goes on and on.

People need to truly look only for deals. Maybe by looking for items with free shipping. I sold video games that by the time somebody one the item and you add shipping they were still paying less than they would have paid at the local game store. Bargains can be found you just have to look for them. Also look at the sellers user rating and read what past customers have to say about them.

Another area which can be very disastrous is all the scams that are on these online auction sites. I know one gentleman who was selling a car on Ebay. Some Nigerian won the auction and sent the seller a check for the amount of the auction plus a lot of money extra. The Nigerian said the rest was to pay for shipping and if the seller could please wire the balance back by Western Union. The check was counterfeit and by the time the bank realized this it was too late. The seller had already wired several thousand to the buyer via Western Union. He had deposited the check in his account and the bank gave him the funds right away. Now this man is in jail, owes the bank the money for the check, and his car was seized by the FBI because it was used in the act of a crime. This was this mans first time in jail and I think he ended up spending a month there.

Ebay would offer no help because they claim it is a liability issue. There are so many buyers and sellers out there and they all are potential victims. You would think that sites like Ebay, amazon,Yahoo, and the others would issue a warning to their buyers and sellers but they don’t. My wife and I once got paid for some computers with stolen checks. We did everything that a responsible merchant would do like calling the bank they were drawn from and doing everything that we knew to do. I had to spend almost a month in jail for this and jail is no place I wish to have to go back to. We lost 3 years of our lives because of this plus we lost out business. This is happening to millions of people worldwide.

It should be a law that if you have a site like Ebay that you need to protect your buyers and sellers but unfortunately it is not. There are no second chances with an online auction site like Ebay. With sites like Ebay you need to be careful if you are just a buyer.