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it on eBay!
Internet sales are an increasingly popular way to make money
By Sheldon Traver • Freelance Reporter
"Divorce Forces Sale"
was the listing for a wedding
dress on eBay. The seller ac
knowledged he thought it
"looks like a $1,200 shower
curtain." That shower curtain
earned the seller five marriage
proposals, a guest appearance
on NBC's "Today Show," more
than eight million hits to the
auction site and a winning bid
of $3,850.
Larry Star had no idea when
he donned the pure white wed
ding gown and modeled it, tat
toos and all, that he would be
come an international
celebrity. He said he only
hoped to receive enough mon
ey for "a couple of Mariners
tickets and a beer," according
to his eBay listing.
Star is a model of how to
successfully list on eBay. As on
line auctions become an in
creasingly popular way to buy
and sell, University students
can make some money with
out setting up a yard sale.
Junior Jared Bellum regular
ly sells his textbooks online.
"A friend turned me on to sell
ing," he said. "He sold clothes
and has done fairly well."
Bellum said he is usually
able to sell the books for al
most as much as he paid for
them. He also buys many of
his textbooks online at sub
stantial savings. Bellum said
students hoping to sell their
books should start early.
"You want to list before the
term starts," he said.
He also said to make sure not
to list them before the term ends.
The book must be sent immedi
ately upon receiving payment,
which can hurt during finals
week, according to Bellum.
Http://www.ebay.com offers
tips for how to be a successful
seller. The site states that the
most successful listings are
those with photographs and
good descriptions of what is
being sold.
TIPS
continued from page 2B
help renters out. For instance,
if a renter is unable to pay rent
one month, Breen said the
best thing to do is call the
landlord.
"Most of them are nice and
will work it out within rea
son," Breen said.
However, if the renter fails to
pay rent and doesn't commu
nicate with the landlord, after
seven days, the landlord can
serve the tenant with a 72-hour
notice under the Oregon Resi
dential Landlord and Tenant
Act. The notice gives the tenant
three days to either pay the rent
or vacate the premises. If nei
ther happens, the landlord can
then file the claim in court.
Breen said the most com
mon problem he encounters
with his clients is when ten
ants don't give a 30-day writ
ten notice of termination.
"In the summer, we have a
two-week „ period where
Courtesy Sheldon Traver
University graduate Mike Rademacher has had 366 successful eBay sales.
An avid model train collector, he buys and sells the components to his sets
online. Auction sites such as eBay are also good for selling textbooks.
Almost anything can be put
up for auction, so students
should not be afraid to sell.
On any given day, buyers can
scour the site for items such as
glass Snoopy banks, pocket
recorders, ukuleles or Velvet
Elvis tapestries. To become a
seller, bank account informa
tion must be given to eBay.
This is to ensure payment for
services provided. Fees de
pend on what is being listed
and what the initial asking
price is.
University graduate Mike
Rademacher is an eBay Pow
erSeller with 366 successful
sales.
"It's the garage sale of the
world," Rademacher said.
"Anything you want to sell can
be sold on eBay."
He said the easiest items to
sell are small enough to be eas
ily packaged and mailed.
Rademacher is an avid model
railroader and buys and sells
rare trains.
"I started buying specialty
railroad cars that would take
three to four years to find at
swap meets," he said.
However, Rademacher ex- *
pressed caution about buying
high-value items on eBay.
"You should stick to sellers
that have good feedback,"
Rademacher said. "If they have
feedback in the high 90s and
have sold lots of stuff, you
should be OK."
He said any high-value items
be bought using eBay's escrow
services to avoid losing money
to a crooked seller.
Ebay has had some bad feed
back regarding customer service
"Ebay's system of com
plaints is very bad," Rademach
er said. "You must go through
eBay procedures that make it
very difficult to make com
plaints about sellers."
While few students will get
rich selling used twin com
forters or unopened math
books, a little creativity will
make a listing more attractive —
just think of Star at a Mariners
game with a beer in one hand
and $3,850 in the other.
Sheldon Traver is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
around 300 or 400 students
move out," Breen said.
By writing a letter to the
landlord, the renters ensures
they won't pay for extra days.
Even if the renter's lease will
expire, a written notice is
needed. The letter should in
dicate where the keys will be
left and remind the landlord
of broken items mentioned in
the checklist at the beginning
of the lease.
Most importantly, tenants
should provide their forward
ing address to receive their se
curity deposit back. Under the
Oregon Residential Landlord
and Tenant Act, the landlord is
required to return the security
deposit or a letter stating why
the deposit is not returned
within 31 days of the termina
tion of the lease. If the land
lord fails to do so, he or she
has to pay up to twice the
amount owed to the former
tenant, the law states.
"We get a lot of calls on day
32," Breen said.
He added that getting the
money back is a very common
problem, especially with mul
tiple roommates. If room
mates want the security de
posit split, Breen said they
must write a letter with all the
names and forwarding ad
dresses provided.
Communication goes both
ways in a tenant-landlord rela
tionship. The Oregon Residen
tial Landlord and Tenant Art
states: "Rent may not be in
creased without a 30-day writ
ten notice thereof in the case
of a month-to-month tenancy
or a seven-day written notice
thereof in the case of a week
to-week tenancy." The law also
states that landlords must also
give a 24-hour written notice
to the tenant before entering
the dwelling.
"So many of your rights de
pend on giving written no
tices," Miani said. "Landlords
know that writing a letter is
getting legal gears in motion
and take it more seriously."
Emily LoVende is a freelance
reporter forthe Emerald. ... .