Keep Tabs on eBay with the eBay Toolbar
Expand your browser with eBay’s custom toolbar application.
The eBay Toolbar, shown in Figure 2-9, is a free add on program that provides a handy search box, several desktop “alert” features, and quick access to many My eBay features.
Figure 2-9. The eBay Toolbar provides several handy tools, primarily useful for bidders, such as two “alert” features not otherwise available to non-toolbar-equipped browsers
Provided you’re running recent versions of Windows and Internet Explorer, you can download the eBay Toolbar at pages.ebay.com/ebay_toolbar. (Users of Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, or any browser on Unix, Linux, or a Mac are unfortunately out of luck.)
In addition to providing handy links to My eBay, various eBay Search pages, the PayPal home page, and a few other hot spots, the eBay Toolbar also has some features you won’t find elsewhere:
Search.
The Search textbox keeps a history of the last few searches you’ve typed (up to 25), which can be a quick and easy way to save past searches [Hack #20] . But you have to use it exclusively, as it doesn’t link up with your My Favorite Searches list, nor will it list any searches typed into the eBay site itself.
Bid Alerts.
Bid Alerts notify you 10, 15, 30, 60, or 75 minutes before the end of an auction on which you’ve bid, which is useful if you wish to return to the auction to bid again and ensure a ...
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