The best UK auction site. (yahoo.uk.com)

Member Name: kat23

Product:	yahoo.uk.com
Date:	05/05/01 (92 review reads)
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Advantages: Totally free., Lots of options., Easy to search.

Disadvantages: Addictive?

Yahoo auctions is a great place to buy and sell your unwanted items. It's easy and very straightforward.

There are loads of auction sites out there, the biggest of which is ebay.com. Yahoo is, in my opinion, the best for the UK though. It may not be as widely viewed as ebay but it has one major thing going for it. It's totally free!! Ebay charges sellers various fees for posting their items for sale, yahoo doesn't do this and therefore you have nothing at all to lose. If your item doesn't sell you haven't lost anything.

The layout is easy to follow, with links to category titles which in turn split into sub categories, such as movies and films splitting into videos and dvds so you can put your item in the best possible category to get the biggest audience.

There's a nice search engine, which lets you search either the whole site or just the category you are in. You can also search by item number or yahoo id. Also a good feature is the option to search through closed auctions as this can give you an idea of how much a similar item sold for.

It's easy to submit you own item using the easy to follow links. There's the option to add photos for that extra drawing power, set a reserve price at which you don't have to sell below or even a buy price, at which you auction will automatically close at if met.

I use yahoo a lot to both buy and sell and have little to complain about. The site allows you to leave comments about users you have dealt with so you can easily see if a buyer or seller is reliable.

A very good site with lots to offer. If you are looking for something it may just be here. Got something you want to get rid of, give it a try the chances are that there's someone out there that wants it.

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