Who Else Wants To Find The Best Deals On eBay?

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get all the good deals on eBay?

You know who I'm talking about -- the people who find all the underpriced buy-it-now listings... prowl weird, out-of-the-way places and buy treasures for a song... dig up incredible buys in the wrong category or hidden behind a misspelled name...

To make you feel even more left out, these people tend to brag about their finds. Then, to add insult to injury, they brag out how much they resold the item for on eBay.

I'll bet you thought these lucky eBay buyers were spending most of their time hunting down these bargains.

Not if they're smart.

Do you want a chance at the same deals without having to spend hours each day searching eBay? Now you can find these hidden gems before someone with more time and experience can snatch them up.

Introducing Ted - The IWantCollectibles eBay Search Assistant.

Ted, and his older brothers, have been helping me find the great deals and "misplaced auctions" on eBay for years. My friends have been amazed at my rare finds.

Now you can put Ted to work for you.

But wait, there is more. . .

Part of Ted's job is to help you search for items like you would on eBay, but he's so much more powerful. This is one smart bear.

Here's a few of the things Ted will do for you:

• Find Newly-Listed Buy-It-Now Auctions: Just tell Ted what you want, and he'll watch eBay and let you know when he finds something. Great for eBay arbitrage (otherwise known as "Buy Low, Sell High").
• Find Items Closing at Low, Low Prices: Tell Ted how much you're willing to spend. He'll patrol eBay and let you know when he finds something going cheap.
• Find Misspelled Items: Tell Ted you want to look for misspellings, and he'll make a list of mistakes to watch for - and if you ask nicely, he'll do the watching for you.
• Find Items In eBay Stores: Tell Ted you want to see items listed in eBay stores, and he'll find them for you.
• Search the Whole eBay Site or Just Certain Categories: Tell Ted to search only in a single category -- or even a single subcategory -- or put him to work searching the whole site.
• Exclude Words From Your Search: Narrow your searches by telling Ted to ignore auctions with specific words. (For example, I search for Ives trains, but don't want to scroll through hundreds of listings for Currier and Ives prints, so I tell Ted to ignore any auction with the word "Currier" in it.) This video shows how it's done.
• Search Titles and Descriptions: Find more items using this option. Not every seller knows how to write a good title, and I'd venture to guess that if you aren't searching descriptions at least part of the time, you're missing some great deals.

You can also combine these features to create the best possible searches for you. Ted will remember up to ten searches.

And here's the best part:

You can use Ted as a handy desktop search tool to quickly and easily find exactly what you're looking for on eBay -- or, since time is money, you can leave Ted to keep searching in the background while you go on and do other things.

Ted is an eBay Compatible Application. He was developed by a member of the eBay Developers Program and passed the Standard Application Certification process to work directly with the eBay Platform, thereby earning the right to wear the eBay Compatible logo.

Currently, Ted only searches eBay.com, the American eBay site. He only works for users in the US. In the future, we may add the ability to search eBay UK and other eBay sites. Sign up for my free newsletter, and I'll let you know if this happens.

Installation Instructions

This page contains a link to download Ted and installation instructions. You may want to print this page so you can refer to it during the set up.

Ted is packaged in an executable file. Just download him to your computer, and then run the file to install him. On a dial up connection, it will take about five minutes to download Ted.

Once you have downloaded Ted to your computer, either double click on the file, or use your download manager to launch it. Ted will create a folder called IWantCollectibles in your programs folder. Unless you change the settings the path is C:\Program Files\IWantCollectibles

After you've installed Ted, you can launch him from Start > Program Files > IWantCollectibles > Ted.exe.

Once you've launched Ted for the first time, click on Help for detailed instructions on using Ted.