Charges are placed against your card monthly for whatever amount you owe. There is a rating and feedback system for both buyers and sellers that lets you check out reliability before concluding a sale. For the seller there is a tutorial that helps you list your items as well as add photos. There is also an option for authentication and grading of products by a third-party grading service. This would be a useful tool if your are bidding on expensive or rare objects.
Private auctions are the least common type.
Bidders are not identified during the auction process and only the seller and high bidder are notified of the results. I hope that with this information you will be comfortable checking out the auctions. If you have any tips, suggestions, or other comments about this, or any other Mac topics, send them to me so that I can share them with other readers. You can also post your comments below . Check out Nancy's complete index of all her columns for the most complete list of tips anywhere.