i was asked to sell my 'small business' for $5 should i be offended?i don't know internet protocol.
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If you think your website has value, then $5 is such a ridiculous amount. \n\nDetermining the value of a website has always been a tricky business; it's hard to put a value on something that is intangible. Some use a 10x valuation formula or 10 times its net profit. Others look at the cost of replicating the website. Other factors that can also come into play include perceived value of domain name, applications developed and running on the website, size of customer database, income and traffic diversification, even branding of the website.
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If it crosses the line of being compensated, or asking for business, it crosses the line of spamming.\n\nIf this is not policed, soon it will become an online Advertizing campaign, instead of a question and answer board.\n\nI do Real Estate and Loans.  I answer questions sometimes in those sections.  But I don't ask for business.  Many times I don't even say it's my profession.  \n\nWe all want to make money in life. But this forum is not the place to ask.  At least not advertently.
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This is called spam, and it's against the policy of most Internet Service providers.  It will get you into trouble.  It's also not a very effective form of advertising.\n\nGood luck.
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Nope.  \n\nThey are willing to sell it to you at that price.  As such, you have no grounds to sue.  They are passing through the cost of the use of an ATM card at about what it costs.  \n\nIf you want the lower price, pay cash.
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No business solicitations are permissible in Yahoo! Answers’ Questions or Answers.\nSomebody or other is bound to report you for abuse !
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I'm assuming the auction has already ended and you can no longer simply retract your bid and move on.\n\nWhat was the shipping, and was it explicitly stated in the auction?  If the charges were stated and the seller then accurately charged only what was stipulated in the auction, then you're at the mercy of the seller to release you from the contract.\n\nIf the seller is asking for money in addition to all the costs stated in the auction, then he is breaking the rules and you need to inform eBay of the situation.  Sellers may not jack up the price after the fact because they were hoping for more money.  On the other hand, you can't just not pay because you didn't read the auction.\n\nIn all likelihood, though, if it was an extremely low price for the item and there's an outrageous shipping charge, what the seller is doing is avoiding paying eBay's final value fees so he can maximize his profit, and the shipping is actually what he's selling the item for.  Unfortunately, while this is a type of fee avoidance which eBay says isn't allowed, they refuse to do anything about it, even when it's an egregious abuse... so you're boned on that front.  Even more unfortunately, as most sellers who engage in that tactic are ultimately only interested in their own bottom line and are perfectly willing to screw eBay to put more money in their pockets, it generally means they're willing to do the same thing to you, too, so you're probably either going to have to pay, or take the unpaid item strike and the negative feedback which goes with it.\n\nSorry.
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Ask the Better Business Bureau
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I am 16 and I have a small buisness doing what the first guy said. I have made tons of money just helping people do mundane things. Just reimage peoples computers, or hook up VPN, that sorta thing. Like he said, competeing w/ dell is going to be hard. But if you start to fix people computers, make sure you tell them that you are "starting out" because just in case something goes wrong, it will be all you fault, and the world is going to come crashing down. Drum up some customers, and you will have a small clientel. Take it from me, I have a samll amount of experiacne. Just don't take my customers...
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One, learn to spell.  I thought you're 10 not 5.\n\nSecond, it depends on how nice it is.  You might sell to some kids under the age of 6.  This is not an insult, I am being completely serious.  But otherwise, no.  Nobody who has a matured brain would buy something free.  But you might sell to kids who think it's shiny.
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You can ask but you might get sued over it.\n\nCoach
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1) Stop dealing with the company\n2) Go to their website or phone their 1-800 cust serv # and tell them why.\n3) Tell everyone one of your friends, plus EVERYONE on the internet the name of the company and what they did to offend you.\n\nSo, the company won't have your money.\nThey'll probably send you coupons or a letter of apology if you give your info to the cust serv # guy.\nYou give them a black eye in advertising.
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Unless the retailer is in a farmer's market, barterring is generally not an option.  You just emphatically tell them "we don't barter...it's priced as marked."  They have to take it or leave it....and if they try to make a stink and can't take no for an answer and become a nuissance, you can always call security or the police.\nJust make sure you're respectful with them the whole time and don't let them get you to react, no matter how much it hurts.\nBut they're in no position to try and barter in most establishments.
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Turning it into a joke usually works the best for me. For instance if someone asks how much is your rent, you can reply with "Too much! Way too much, in fact i think i'll stop paying it soon and live in a cardboard box", or if someone asks how much you make, i've used "not enough, i'm really not sure i'll be able to pay off my private jet any time soon". Something along those lines usually lets the person know that you are not willing to give out specifics, yet at the same time it's not rude or hurtful to them.
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True, this isn't a place for advertising, but people do it all the time. Nor is it a place to look for employees, but if it's a legit offer then this post is better than many of the others I have seen get by.\n\nI am interested. But I am in the wrong state and not licensed. Good luck finding someone to become a positive addition to your community!
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You know, I'm glad you ask that question.  Very glad.  Because I suspect this group of users know more about what NOT to believe in on the Internet than the average Joe.  They are in fact here, in front of a keyboard and monitor not all that different from your own, in most cases.  Probably newer than mine, in almost all cases.  So it goes.\n\nI would not, if I were you, waste time trying to find out whether there does exist a single, or maybe even two or three, "get rich quick" or "get rich easy" schemes that actually would be consistent with both your ethical values and your talents.  Better you should concentrate on a better use for your computer literacy.  Build a project of your own, a respectable attempt at taking advantage of the breakthrough we have here in communications which we call the Internet.\n\nYahoo! routinely corrects me whenever I neglect to capitalize Internet, and I think I have finally groked that they are right.  It does deserve a capital letter, out of respect for what communication can do for LEGITIMATE efforts to make money, removing any need to pursue someone else's near fraud or at least contemptible taking advantage of the naive.  If you want to play fair in business, you go on the Internet and present what you have honestly and honorably, whether it be goods which you photograph clearly and sell individually on eBay, or its your own business and your own web page, small business never was easier and more diversified IN A STRUCTURED WAY than before the Internet taught us all how to search branching tree formations for whatever we want.\n\nThe magic of a search engine is magic enough to conjure gold for everyone, if used honestly and fairly.  And with respect for security measures that guard that honesty and fairness.  Forget being able to prosecute afterward; security is a very important part of the Internet, and needs to be respected, upgraded, and used for the benefit of the ones who want to play fair in the marketplace.  The better we get at detecting and discouraging the frauds and cheats, the better we can all do honest business.\n\nLike book publishing, for a non-random example.
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Is this a business question??
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Sounds like a G****e phisher!  Or perhaps "shopper."  \n\nThere is no particular piece of information that I would pay one dollar to have.  I have my reference books, my Internet connection, and my own brain to find information I want.