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Volume 130, Number 1 |
July 14, 2009 |
Features
Internet provides good opportunities for shopping
Posted 01-26-2005 at 5:50PM
Dan Leyzberg
Staff Reporter
Half.com
Half, an eBay company, works similarly to its auction-site big brother. Individuals list items that they want to sell, but in this case they choose a specific price for their items. These listings do not expire, as they would on eBay, but rather remain until the item is sold. Of items with many available sellers, the lowest priced item is given the most attention and is nearly always first to sell.
This atmosphere encourages sellers to reduce the prices of their items in order to compete for the lowest price. The buyer has a unique advantage as each seller is competing for his attention. The result is often incredible. I’ve found full-length CDs that would be hard to find elsewhere for as little as $1.50. This is a great resource for textbook shopping, as well. For the spring semester, I was able to purchase eight textbooks for less than $300, and in the process saved about $300 off bookstore prices. Half.com is by far the best place to get used CDs, DVDs, video games, and books.
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