At Priceline , you request an item at a specific price and the site searches for companies willing to provide the item at your stated price. Traditionally Priceline has specialized in car, airline ticket, and hotel room sales, but it's expanding its services to include long-distance, groceries, gasoline and yard products. Haggle functions in a manner similar to eBay, though it sells largely computers and computer parts. If you want to sell an item on Haggle, you can make a posting for free. However, you may pay a fee to have your item listed prominently on the front page where its chances of selling quickly are greatly increased.
Auctions sorts through an extensive collection of products.
Yahoo offers an alert system, which notifies you when products that might be of interest are posted for sale, and a My Auctions section that tracks ongoing auctions for you. The upside-down auction at eWanted allows you to post a request, and sellers duke it out to give you the best price. This site is great if you are looking for an obscure item. E-mail our editor . Inc. All rights reserved.