Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Buying and selling in Lelong.com


Lelong.com is a local Malaysia "ebay" alike website which offers posting, selling, buying and bidding of stuffs. To buy or sell things in lelong, you need to register in the website. As a non verify member you are limited to certain access in lelong such as limited watchlist, quickgrab option and etc. One thing about lelong is that to be a verify member u need to fax or email your IC to them in order for them to verify your identity. Thus this allowed the members to have more confidence and secure shopping environment when dealing in lelong. There are 3 ways of application to be verify in lelong verified as buyer, verified as seller and verified as a company. Verification process usually take 2 working days.

Benefits of being a verified member is
a. You tell our community that you are now human being with a real name.
b. No limit for you to post item (unless quota imposed due to violation)
c. No limit for you to bid (unless seller block you from their auction)
d. Lelong community will be able to identify that you are verified with this batch.
e. Verified batch will show next to your posting
f. You can post item with picture for free
g. You can bold your title
h. You can use credit card to pay fees, subject to further approval (Top up iAccount)
i. Your item listing position are rank higher and non verified members.
i. You can place bad comment on sellers.

After being a verify lelong member for 4 years now, it has been a good experience buying and selling online. Seems like everyone is trying to get cheap and good stuff online whether its new or second hand. Sometimes if ur lucky u get really good bargain online. U can also sell ur stuff online as well. After each successful transaction online, u will get rating from others. This rating will enable u to receive good comment and increase ur status level as member. Usually people will look at the rating to know whether your a good seller or buyer.

A few tips that I learn dealing in lelong:
1. If you're dealing with non verify member online, prefer cash on collection or meet up if possible. Unless he/she has good comment and rating.
2. Read the posting properly and understand it before bidding because there are terms and condition given by the buyer or seller. Even small written words should be read properly to avoid misunderstanding.

If you need any advice or question feel free to drop me an email at here

Happy trading...
Cheers

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