Buying Computers on Ebay & Kijiji

2 classes ago, our class experimented with using the advanced search on eBay and kijiji to find computers being sold from locations in Canada. On eBay, we clicked on the advanced search link and entered a key word. Every time we wanted to dis include a word we put a minus sign before the word (ex: computers -dell) or a plus sign if we wanted to include the word in the search (ex: computers -dell +sony). In order to find more than one computer being sold in a package we added the statement "+lot". The majority of results that came up were computers being sold in sets of 5. We were able to find all sorts of information for each result that was displayed, such as how old the product is (new/used), the price it is being sold for, the name/location of the seller, information on its features, and even a positive rating percentage! I personally found this site to be quite helpful in trying to find the perfect product online.

Kijiji is a little different from eBay, considering that it is a website containing local "classified" items. From the kijiji website, we tried to find a computer being sold in Vancouver. First, we clicked on the BC province on the map, clicked on "Vancouver" entered "computer" in the search box as well as "buy and sell" from the drop down menu. All in all, it was interesting to experiment with how so many people today shop online!