| Designer handbags are very profitable both online and | | | | format rather than the Buy-it-Now format. By allowing |
| offline. It seems that every woman wants a designer | | | | buyers to bid on an item, they become competitive |
| purse. Why do they want one? Because carrying a | | | | with each other, as each buyer wants to win the |
| designer purse makes women feel beautiful and | | | | auction. Each buyer will want to win the bid, and this |
| stylish. Another reason women flock to purchase | | | | psychological aspect to an auction will often make a |
| designer handbags is that owning a designer handbag | | | | buyer bid more than the market value for an item. |
| can make one feel part of a group, and that is a | | | | The second trick is to make sure you are getting an |
| psychological need - the need to belong to a group. | | | | authentic designer handbag. This is often harder than |
| A handful of name brand handbags are lucky enough | | | | you might think. Manufacturing fake designer handbags |
| to enjoy brisk sales in the United States. Some of the | | | | is big business, and there are many people doing this in |
| brands in this small group include Coach, Dooney | | | | order to get a share of the designer handbag profits. |
| & Bourke, Chanel, and Gucci. There are eBay | | | | Many buyers have been duped when purchasing |
| sellers making a nice profit with buying and selling | | | | designer handbags on eBay and other web sites. |
| designer handbags. They purchase the items for less | | | | They are led to believe the handbag is an authentic |
| than market price, and sell them for as much as they | | | | designer bag but find out afterwards that they were |
| can get for them. There are some tricks of the trade | | | | duped - that the handbag is actually a fake. When this |
| that sellers use in order to get as much as possible for | | | | happens, a buyer should always ask for a refund, as |
| their handbags. | | | | selling fake handbags is against eBay's rules. |
| Two of these tricks are as follows: Use the Auction | | | | |