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My name is Paul and I have had an eBay account for over 10 years now. Like most people I started off by purchasing various items from already established sellers and from people like you and I who want to make a little extra money. I marvelled at the range of products that I could buy and still do to this day. Over the years I have found so many items at more than reasonable prices that I have now lost count. In almost 11 years of eBay membership I have only been stung once when purchasing and that was a long time ago now so it goes to show just how safe eBay is.

I made my first foray into selling on eBay back in 2001. Back then I was semi self employed. I was working as a computer repair engineer and as a side line I was buying up old computer equipment and stripping it for spares. Back then I made quite a reasonable living out of that but gradually the price of components fell as did the second hand value and my full time job made more demands on me so for a few years it was very on/off until it just kind of dried up.

Things changed for me in October 2007 when I was made redundant. This was right at the very beginning of the recession when nobody knew what was yet to come. I was very lucky that I found a job after only 6 weeks especially as I am not so young any more. This experience made me start to think about what I would have done if I had not been so lucky to find a job and my thoughts turned back to eBay again and internet sales in general. In my spare time I began to research product ideas and trends until I had a clear idea of the direction I wanted to go.

At the beginning of 2009 things started to change at work and not for the better. Things were getting bad and the talk of redundancies started up. This was a very unsettling time that I am sure a lot of people can relate to; the uncertainty is a dreadful experience. I decided that it was time to act and I started to buy in stock, not too much at first but enough to get started. I put together a website to showcase the product range and started listing again on eBay. My worst fears were realised in May when I lost my job. I have stayed positive though and worked hard at my new eBay business – as one door closes another door opens.

My philosophy over the years has always been the same – to offer quality products at affordable prices and to make the buying experience as easy and pleasurable as possible. I always strive to ship the same day that I receive an order and I refuse to charge unreasonable shipping fees. In other words I treat my customers the way that I would like to be treated and my feedback bears this out. I am honoured by the faith you place in me and I view it as my responsibility to continue to earn your trust in years to come. I always welcome customer suggestions and I am continually striving to make improvements to my product range.

Thank you for your support.

My website address is http://www.specialist-products.co.uk

I still offer a PC repair service and have put together this website http://www.whenthechipsaredown.biz

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