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Item description
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An items description is made up of many fields that help you
as a prospective buyer choose whether the item is exactly what
you are looking for. Before placing a bid or purchasing a store item be sure you have
read all the information given by the seller, as a purchase is considered a
binding agreement between you
and the seller. You can use the free2auction
search engine to refine your search on many of the listing
fields.
Fields in an item description
Item title:
Is the short description you see when browsing and searching
free2auction, it is also listed at the top of the item listing
page and gives you a brief summary of the item.
Category: Groups similar items into appropriate areas.
Auction or Store item id: A unique numeric
identifier for every item.
Seller: When considering
buying an item it is important to study the user who is selling
the item, investigate their previous auctions, what information
they present about themselves, and the feedback other users
have left.
Currency: Listings may be listed in any currency.
The default is USD and if a listing does not show a currency
it will be in USD, otherwise the currency will be printed next
to the prices. All values associated with the listing
are in the printed currency
and unless specified the payment will be expected in this
currency.
browsing items in different currencies
Watch this item: Add
this item to your watching list. The favorites activity page includes tables of watched store items and auctions. An auction will stay in your watching
list until three days after it ends and a store item will stay until it is closed. You can adjust the e-mail notifications you receive regarding
watched items from your options page.
Sellers Guarantee: If the seller
is offering additional buyer protection with a Sellers Guarantee, an
extra box will be displayed below the items details and above the items
description.
sellers guarantee help
Description: This is the
larger body of information that the seller has entered. It
includes all relevant information describing the item and
it is important to read this information in its entirety to
be sure of what you are buying and what is expected from the
seller.
Payment methods accepted:
What payment methods the buyer will accept,
they may also list any additional payment instructions in the items
description.
Escrow: Escrow is a 3rd
party service offered by a detached company to reduce the
risks involved in transactions such as online purchases. The
escrow company will hold money from the buyer until they confirm
the goods are received, then they will pass the funds on to
the seller or assist in any disputes that arise. The seller
will note whether they do not accept Escrow services,
if they accept escrow but expect the buyer to pay the fees, or whether
they will accept escrow and pay the fees.
free2auction is not affiliated with any Escrow
service.
Additional payment details: This
field gives any specific details the seller wants noted regarding
payment for the auction.
Seller ships
to: Here the seller states where they will ship the item to.
Any special delivery details will be written into the item description.
Shipping fees: The
seller will have selected whether the shipping charges are
included in the listing price (seller pays for shipping),
or whether the winning bidder must pay the shipping and
handling. The seller may have chosen to list the shipping
charges here, or inform the
winning bidder later of the shipping charges.
Shipping:
This is the total charge you will have to pay for
all shipping and handling per item. The shipping charge may be stepped, with a different charge according to the quantity that is purchased, this stepped
price applies per purchase (you cannot combine purchases with other items, or for the same item purchased at
different times).
Insurance per item: The
price for shipping insurance per item. The seller may have
insurance listed as not available, required, optional, or included in shipping price.
Auction only details
Reserve not yet met: If
the seller has entered a reserve price and it has not yet been met,
there will be a warning
at the top of the item listing page. If the auction ends without any bids above
the reserve price it will be an unsuccessful auction with
no winner.
Currently: This is
the current highest bid on the auction, if you wish to place
a bid you must enter a value higher than this
price. If the seller expects the buyer to pay additional shipping charges
there will be a note next to the current bid stating this. For multiple
quantity auctions this is the lowest successful bid and the price all successful
bidders are to pay.
Quantity: Most auctions
sell a single item, however if the seller has specified a
quantity larger than one the auction becomes a multiple quantity
auction, which means more than one of the item is for sale,
and more than one user can be a winning bidder. All items are expected
to be identical. Multiple quantity
auctions have specific criteria and are handled in a different
way to standard single quantity auctions. learn
about multiple quantity auctions
#Bids: This count
shows you how many times bids (by unique users) have been placed on this auction.
Time left:
How many days, hours, minutes, or seconds you have
left to get your bid in.
Buy it now price:
If the seller has entered a buy now price you can
place a bid for this amount ending the auction early and confirming
you as the winning bidder.
Start price:
This is the lowest value the first bidder can enter
a bid for.
Location:
Sellers own description of where the auction is
located.
Country/location: The
country and region the item is located in.
Began: The time and date
the auction began
Ends: The time and date
the auction ends
Automatically extend: In the bid section of
the item listing page it may be specified that the auctions end time will automatically extend
by 5 minutes if a bid is placed in the closing minutes.
Store item only details
Store information: You can visit a sellers store, see how many items they have open, and how many sales they have to date.
Price: This is the price you must pay per unit,
the price may be stepped, with a different price according to the quantity that you purchase, this stepped
price applies per purchase (you cannot combine purchases with other items, or for the same item purchased at
different times).
Listed: The date the seller originally listed this item.
Sales: How many times people have purchased this item.
Quantity sold: Total number of units sold.
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