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eBay shop opens in Bohemia Road

Edward and Karen - starting eBay business.

Edward and Karen - starting eBay business.

A cutting-edge business has opened at 91 Bohemia Road in half of the premises occupied until recently by Bohemian Scrapsody. Sell-it on eBay is the brainchild of Dr Edward Alagoa and Dr Karen Skinner. Edward told the Voice, ‘The idea for the shop has come from America. Very active, expert sellers on eBay are given the name “power sellers”. I’ve been selling on eBayfor a couple of years, and I’ve been a power seller for about five months. A lot of people don’t have access to a computer, or they don’t want to be bothered with selling things themselves. Now they can bring things to our shop and we’ll sell it for them. We know how to present things properly, how to get an item the attention it needs to achieve the best price.’
 Edward outlined how the business operates. ‘Customers bring in their items, which we take pictures of and then store. We give the customers a receipt and we also ask for the small registration fee – bet-ween £1 and £2 – that eBay demand to cover the cost of listing it on their site. Then, if we sell the item, we give our customer the money less our commission, which will be between 10 and 20 per cent. And we’ll also act as a collection point for things local people may have bought on eBay.’
Karen and Edward are both practising doctors, so sales in the shop will be handled by Yvonne Aziz, while Taiwo Olu-Ajayi is the technical support manager. Edward insisted that they can sell anything on eBay, even if it’s faulty. But he also pointed out that any seller has to be at least 18 years old, and that everyone using the shop to shift their stuff is obliged to sign a form declaring that the item belongs to them. ‘If we suspect any item of being stolen, we will definitely call the police.’

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