Bidding Buzz review: ebay magic scam 184

I also thought I would have a look at this product to try and learn things to enhance my current little Ebay shop. I received a phone call and spoke with a chap who asked me various questions like how much would I like to earn each week month, how many hours can I commit etc etc blah blah blah. When I asked him what sort of fees were involved he quoted me $6, 000, I asked whether this payment can be paid over a period of time or is it upfront, he then stated the fee is up front and that most people put it on their credit card, WTF $6, 000 on my credit card with no guarantee that I would ever see that money again. A big selling point that he was pushing was that they provide "life time" support, I would like to think that if it was so successful and so easy for me to make so much money then I wouldn't need their support once I was rolling in it, but I assume that they think that justifies the $49.90 monthly payment they charge. I was then sent an email with some links and watched part of a seminar that Matt and Amanda were conducting. I was gobsmacked at how pathetic it was, having a background in sales and marketing and attending various motivational seminars/courses over the years their delivery would have to be the worst I have ever seen. It blows me away that people label them as magicians, professional sales people and great motivational speakers, my god people you need to get out more lol. I couldn't keep up with the amount of times the audience were asked to raise their hands to agree to what is being said, I wonder how many people could lift their arms at all after 3 days of doing it lol. I can certainly relate to feedback that this course is written in VERY VERY basic terms, it's obviously written how Amanda actually speaks "isn't that right Darls" lol I complelty agree with what most people are commenting here is that you can find everything and anything you need to know for free if you take the time and effort to research. The $6, 000 plus that you would put into their pockets could be spent on purchasing stock that you can start making some $$$ with. Good luck To All :-)

Hi Jad,
I gave away my crappy ebay magic course a while ago, so I can't remember if the package says s0mething about a 30-day moneyback guarantee. (Over the phone they DO tell you about it, but I am not sure if people ever get a piece of paper!) I would first try to ring them up and explain that you actually can't afford to buy the course and that you have changed your mind. If you are lucky and you are still within the 30-day agreement, you may still get your money back. However, I have heard from most people that these crooks Matt and Amanda Clarkson don't abide by their own terms and condition! So, if this does not work, cancel your credit card straight away so they can't deduct any more money from you. I paid cash for mine which was a big mistake, but they kept deducting $49.90 a month for their low quality membership site (which by the way they never told me about!). So, only cancelling my card resolved this problem. If they still get back to you and tell you that you breached one of their dodgy agreements, I would get a lawyer involved. In the end, this may turn out cheaper for you, than end up paying the rest of the $3999. Feel sorry for you mate, but make it as a habit to ALWAYS DO YOU RESEARCH when you buy something online, even though they 'sound' trusted. It's all "hype" about Matt and Amanda Clarkson. These people are millionaires by selling low quality ebay magic courses and ripping people off.

Cond, I just paid the first installment $900 & still there are 4 installments to go monthly.
How could I stop it. Should contact my bank and change the card.
Should I call a lawyer for that?

Guys, please advice me what should I do.

Jad

OOOOOOOOOOh yeah. Matt and Amanda are leaving a trail of destruction behind them. Why do you think they have moved to TV commercials, google have wised up to them along time ago...why do you think they are plasted on Yahoo. I am glad I did my home work, dont think for a second my mindset is closed I have done alot of work on that and invested alot of money in that.
I understand ‎"Quitters Never Win and Winners Never Quit" - Napoleon Hill, but to invest 5k on something that will only really help me sell CRAP around the house...C'mon. They are sales people who make their money on the poor souls hoping and hoping that eBay Magic will help them through...BUT no...

Hi Jad, you poor thing. You were sucked into their rotten scam as well. What we did was sell this program on ebay and got $500 for it. Thats all its worth if that. You will never get your money back unfortunatly but at least we got something. Yours is another sad story on these horrible people Matt and Amanda taking honest hard working money off innocent people. What goes around comes around and they will get theirs soon I hope.

Guys,
I've just bought their program last week from brisbane and received the home studying set 2 days ago. unfortunately, I did not do a research before buying. but now after I read all these comments, I felt that they scammed me.
How to complain and get my money back ($3999)? I have not used their system yet.

cheers
Jad

I am so glad that we have quick access to internet technology...a click of the finger and we can find all the pitfalls of these scammers from the comfort of ou own homes...Thank you one and all for sharing your comments...so far, I have only dug deep for their book, but assuredly will NOT be parting with another cent...as one post said, A fool and his money are easily parted...granted, obviously the Clarkesons aren't fool to 'nut' out this scam...what goes around, comes around...Do your own homework ebayers, and may you have much success. Xena

I am also glad I researched Bidding Buzz BS.
I also clicked on this so called FREE dvd. What a load of crap, I should charge them for wasting my friggin time and the power to run it in my dvd player...97 Bucks... BS! I understand now why people are discusted in the Bidding Buzz charging 5k. They cant even do eBay successfuly themselves 70 plus feedback and alreadt have negative feedback..Bigdollardeals on eBay more like bigdoolar RIP OFF.
There sales people have no morals and the so called mentors are kids.

I have just seen the tv ad for this product. I am new to ebay and want to start selling, and after reading all of your comments, I will get advice from the ebay site. I would not have parted with any amount of cash as the ad says "free", but thanks to all of you for your warnings about this couple.

Dorinda

Hi Everyone,
I'm so glad I use the power of google to do all my research on just about EVERYTHING especially something that makes hopeful people like us turn absolute sharks like Matt and Amanda into wealthy smooth talkers...

I recently saw Bidding Buzz's TV ad and as an avid eBay user I thought it would be a good chance to up my game on eBay. I sent through my details on their website and got a call from one of their "successful eBay business owners/ students" the next day. He questioned me on my personal goals to see whether the course was "right for me" and told me how I have to be really serious about this etc. etc. anyways he made an "appointment" with me to call me two days later so I could go over the TWENTY page brochure (Um...more like a 20 page autobiography on Matt and Amanda) and watch the DVD which was a recording of Matt and Amanda on stage...again...a Matt and Amanda E! True Hollywood story and videos of so-called successful eBayers who make over $1 mil per year thanks to this course. I knew after page 2 of the brochure that this felt like another work from home scam...and when the price of the course was over $5000 I knew where they were really making their money and finally I came to everyone's comments here! THANK YOU because I was almost suckered in...

The next day I was expecting this phone call from...let's call him...Rod...and I was soooooooooo ready to give him a piece of my mind and tell him that he better start looking for a new job because people are speaking up about what a rip off Bidding Buzz really is...well, after a 40 minute phone call Rod managed to offend me in so many ways I feel sick to my stomach...so sick in fact that I am drinking Whiskey and Orange juice from a coffee mug :-)... Rod apparently doesn't care if I go for the course or not because he is so wealthy from his ebay business that $5000 is like spare change to him (but still needs a sales job?!...good going Rod) and Bidding Buzz don't actually need my business they only want to "HELP" people who want to make money from ebay. He also had the audacity to tell me that if I can't afford $5000 for a course then it shows him that I really need serious help. WOW! When I asked him if I could have a look at his ebay store or at Matt and Amanda's ebay store OR at ANY of their "students" ebay stores so I could have some actual physical evidence that this course works, he CACKLED and merely proclaimed that I was being silly as it was just like asking what someone's annual earnings were?! Do these people really think I am going to give them over 5 big ones without any actual proof that it works?! I asked good old Rod if he would buy a car without taking it for a test drive; he didn't answer but continued to blab on about how he and others were rolling in the dollar bills (Hmm...can't actually prove it...that's called lying Roddy Boy!)...But no...apparently I'm not the kind of person that this course is good for because I'm not serious enough about it and Bidding Buzz don't want customers like me who need to be convinced about their course, their target market is business people who appreciate good value for money. Oh and just in case I wasn't suitably upset by his offensive comments, Rod felt it necessary to add that because I have these negative comments about the course and that I am so suspicious...it actually means that I am afraid of succeeding and am a weak and unmotivated person. Geee Thanks Rod...now I REALLY want to buy the course, maybe even sign up for a franchise or TWO.

After Rod's phone call, my whiskey, a few cigarettes and reading through this forum I am more than convinced that Bidding Buzz is a really smart scam run by people who are ridiculously greedy, full of hot air and know how to threaten those that oppose them (sounds a bit like a religious cult doesn't it?). I won't forget to mention their thoroughly rehearsed psychological mind games used to guilt people into buying this course and, in my case to binge drink...

I feel like a real victim of this scam and I didn't even spend the $5000...so sorry to those that did, I can't imagine how you must be seething! I wish I could get your money back for you...I hope that together we can all spread the word and eventually get these people off their high horses.

Spread the word everyone! Don't even think about giving these people 1 second of your time.

they've switched ebay accounts and are back to feedback of 57 and have 13 items for sale adding up to about $300, i wonder where they're getting their $50, 000 a month (maybe from selling courses rather than ebay business). Could be because they got so many bad feedbacks on their old account or they've sold their old account to some sucker.

New Store
http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=bigdollardiscounts&ftab=AllFeedback

Old Store
http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=catwalkhair&ftab=AllFeedback

Hi guys, I haven't posted here for a while. It is incredible how many people come forward and speak up about these con artists Matt and Amanda Clarkson from Bidding Buzz. I just wanted to say, these people are smart... Be sure they know it's getting warm under their feet. If you check out Google.com and search for Bidding Buzz scam, then this complaints site used to come up first a yea ago. Now, Matt and Amanda basically dominate the search engines with their own ridiculous Bidding Buzz scam sites! The biggest BS is that they warn people from staying away from complaint sites because people apparently use these to drive traffic from their keywords - what a f$%$*ing joke! I have just checked out http://biddingbuzz.com/workshop/ where they are promoting their next workshop on the 8th of July. What drives me literally insane is how "naive" people are to attend their seminars! I mean, don't get me wrong, but Bidding Buzz are a bunch of cunning sales people - nothing else. If you look through the videos you will notice how people are all over the moon from their sales hype and giving ridiculous testimonials about their course and the content BEFORE they have actually earned a cent from eBay! Yes, BEFORE..! I mean these are internet marketing tactics 101.. get people excited and provide them with an overload of information without them actually knowing what to do with it. So, they keep on upselling with more and more books, courses on copywriting, exporting, personal development etc. because people are "hypnotised" by their sales tactics believing more information will get them closer to their goals. WRONG! Save your money! Take my word! Don't even think about Bidding Buzz!

I also attended their seminar and was almost hooked.I researched one of their "SUCCESS" stories on Steve and Angie from Canberra. Their eBay business is called Aspadventures and they haven't sold anything since Nov 10. They only have a feedback score of 254 which consists of 180 sales of house hold items for sales of $1660. They then found their niche with vibrating massage machines selling at an average of about $250. That gives them a total sales amount of about $20, 000. Now taking into account the cost of sales they would only have profited about $8, 000. So in two and a half years from May 08 to Nov 10 they have hardly set the world on fire. It appears they may have started some sort of seminar selling scheme, perhaps to sell their success story, the same as matt and amanda. Buyer beware ...stay away from these people.

Hi everyone, we have all paid a lot of money for their course and as RyanNeil has said their course is worth nothing. As RyanNeil has given away his, I will do the same for anyone who wants it. Just contact me and i'll give you the details. You can go through it and see for yourself what a waste of time it is. Lets stop people wasting their money and Matt & Amanda ripping off peoples hard earned money with their false and misleading sales pitch playing on peoples hopes and dreams of being millionaires and earning 50k a month.

I and my husband attended the seminar of Amanda and Matt this morning in Brisbane. We knew that at the end of the seminar, they are going to sell their ebay course, which is amounting to 3, 999 and comes down to 2, 499 with a discount of 1, 500 if you sign up right away. By the way, before we attended the seminar I read reviews or comments about their products, which I don't intend to buy because it's a lot of money to invest in such an ebay course, and yet it is true what other people said that you can get free information out there. I want to start my ebay business but I'm not convince to spend 4, 000 to their course or books/cds. I asked the desk people if they're selling book/s or cds at the seminar but they said no. Obviously they want people to enrol in their course. I decided to borrow a book from the Library rather than buying. Thanks for the review posted by Kat, who's done a chapter by chapter reviews on their books. Julz.

Hi all
As I read the comments it seems that there are quiet a few people that might be interested in onselling their course.
For those that might be interested in selling their course for $500 please let me know.
Kate

Do You Want To Know How To Start A Great Business And Make A Million Just Like Matt And Amanda?

Easy go to eBay live and eBay work shops then package every thing up into a glossy package and sell it for $4000.00 each and charge people $75, 000 for other hard working Australians to sell their $4000.00 courses while they play on the beach and enjoy their FREE and easy life style.

Matt and Amanda received their information for absolutely free, google eBay work shops and information days, they have got something for nothing and charging everybody else, so wrong especially for $4000.00.

Dont Get Scammed, Dont Throw away Your Money, They Are Selling To Everyone And The Only Winners Are Matt And Amanda Laughing All The Way To The Bank.

THE TRUTH ABOUT : The 13 Million Matt And Amanda Clarkson Made!

Hello people,

i am so sorry to hear about the hard earned money all you guys have lost, $4000.00 is alot of money, as alot of average Australian cars are only worth that, Matt and Amanda Clarkson are only setting themselfs up as the kings of the castle. The 13 Million they have made is from selling courses as they have used their own teachings and techniques in doing this.

They first start selling on eBay and made a business, which the have and they still do, their eBay user ID is as follows: bigdollardiscounts

matt says exchanging timefor money is no good, so why make a million of eBay by selling product as their is only 24 hours in the day, so seel the system to sell on eBay that way your market can grow only selling one thing and not having to expand your product basis. Guy's their are 280 Million eBay users and
5% of them are sellers so that mean's their are around 20 million potential customers that could invest to make a better business or their are 260 million customers that would and could go from a customer to a seller, so thats a perfect market place to sell on product to. Aha everyone say's, are you having an aha moment as Matt would say.

Now do the steps which Matt has below

1. Make yourself the expert! quoted by Matt . He has through Bidding Buzz
2. Niche down, which they have using eBay as the niche.
3. Expand of f eBay, they have with starting their own franchise.
4. Automated your business, They have by getting everyone else to sell now for them.

And Watch Them Cash In!

13 million / an average of 4000 = 3250 could be less as JV have alos been bought at the price of 10 - 20 thousand and now they are seting up Global franchise and charging people $75, 000 to sell their 4000 courses preying on the dreams and hopes of average people, convincing that they can break through from what they know.

They done tell you that you need at least another 50 - 100 thousand thats if you do really want to make big money importing as you will on make profit on what you sell so if you buy something for $10.00 and sell it for $20.00 you have made your $10.00 GP hardly a million.

Australians Wake Up:
Matt and Amanda dont follow up and enforce to tell you, unless you have alot of money to invest, you have no chance, no chance at all, if you have 0 how can you make even 1 dollar let alone a million, you need money to invest in stock and even if you spend a $1000.00 on stock at best you will make $2000.00 - 10% Paypal and eBayless - transport - GST = your profit which might be around $600.00 ontop of your originally investment.

Matt and Amanda are wrong for misleading poor people looking for hope and using their fears as a tool of
Manipulation, stand up Australia and report these two, spread the word and tell everyone that they are Dream Weavers and taking advantage of anyone who is willing to pay.

DONT GET FOOLED DONT GET SCAMMED :)

Rip off, waste of money, don't be conned into buying this course. The mentoring is by young office girls and supposedly worth $500 for 30 minutes. You have to make a time and you ring them for your mentor appointment as they won't pay the cost of your 30 min mentoring phone call you have to ring them.

I am really disappointed with the ebay magic course that cost me almost $6000 dollars. I cannot get anyone to answer my question. I was of the belief that i would be mentored if I purchased the most expensive course by either experts or Matt or Amanda not by rude young girls at times. I am told the girls are highly trained and doing exceptionally well with their ebay businesses so they know all the answers, however if they were so highly experienced and trained I can't help but wonder why are their businesses not taking off enough for them to quit and live the high life gauranteed purely relying on their ebay business. Anyway can anyone tell me how I can get a refund and if they know of anyone who has ever had the guarantee refund honoured when requesting a refund. For anyone considering buying this course I advise you don't because ebay itself has so many different areas that help you for free. A lot of DVDs in the ebay course have not been professionally done and are slightly blurred or taken from a distance so are not quiet clear. A lot of the DVDs appear to be just taken of Matt and Amanda on stage from a distance by someone at their ebay workshop and it is very hard to see particular screens they had on stage. I have attended an ebay magic workshop and an issue of integrity was raised by some over an issue of Matt and Amanda not donating to the Star Lite Foundation when they said they would. Amanda said on stage that her and Matt would donate equal amount to whatever was raised at the ebay workshop to give to the charity and then encouraged people to dig deep. People did dig deep and $10, 000 dollars was raised over the 3 days, however when the representative from the Starlight Foundation came to be presented with the cheque only the $10000 was donated and Amanda and Matt did not match it as stated on stage by Amanda.

Sorry, the course is gone already! I hope I save at least one person from wasting 4k...

I would be interested in seeing the course Ryan. I have bought other lame eBay selling material, kind of curious to see if the courses are similar.

i was thinking of buying this course until i came across all this info ...Thanks for saving me
... i would be interested to see whats in the course if you are giving it away for free Ryan

By the way, if anyone is thinking of getting the course, I AM GIVING MINE AWAY FREE OF CHARGE! And, I paid 4k for it! Yes, I am giving it all away to show you how much rubbish the course is, because it's not even worth 1k or $500, $300!.. Just email me for details.

Hi Charles Williams,
I only wanted to reply to your phrase; "According to me at Bidding Buzz whatever eBay training is conducted has been beneficial for those who are new to this business." I mean.. if you are new to eBay and online selling, why on earth do you need to spend 4, 000? For most people thats alot of money and very silly to do if you dont know anything about eBay! Get an ebook for a few bucks and learn the basics to see if you wanna take on the next level. (You can then still through your 4k out of the window if you decide for a Bidding Buzz course) However, to me, Bidding Buzz is very controverse; on one side they claim that their course teaches anyone to build a successful eBay business. We all know, this is not gonna happen by selling your home items. On the other side, my experience was (and from many other people) that the course is too basic to achieve building a successful eBay business. And I mean, look at eBay today in 2011; the market has never been more competitive as it is today! When I was trading on eBay a year ago I was even competing with other Bidding Buzz eBayers and they were doing exactly the same thing because we of course learnt it all from the same basic course. Apart from that, my biggest question has always been; how does Bidding Buzz define a so-called eBay business anyway? When I went to their disappointing "all-about-hype" 3 day seminar I was shown how to sell home items, my grandma's doll collection, information products, garage sale items etc. and that it is so easy to make money on eBay. Well, to me, thats not business! Thats eBay as a hobby. To me business starts when I go beyond this level and when I have established a source of products, distribution channels, customer base and even do my own marketing. But the course doesnt teach you that. The course DOES teach you abit of everything but nothing too detailed. In the end, I seriously question, if all I get taught is selling home and garage sale items, learn how to set up listings, paypal, answer feedback etc. and make a few dollars here and there, do I really need to spend 4k to learn this? NO! I simply get a basic ebook and save myself a lot of headache... My word, stay away from Bidding Buzz!

To start a successful eBay business, one has to get some experience. Regarding how things work from the buyer's perspective, what products to
sell /buy. So, the point here is that only reading the course material won't help, addition to that we need to get some guidance and some experts advices. According to me at Bidding Buzz whatever eBay training is conducted has been beneficial for those who are new to this business.

Hi, my answer to you is ###. We put a lot of time, effort and money into their so called program and it cost us more than that program is worth. IT'S A RIP OFF!$4, 000.00 RIP OFF.

Hi,
I find most part of the complaint, of an indivdual that did not try much from the wonderful bidding buzz system. Think, its worth spending that money to learn from Matt and Amanda and make serious money. But, it will need some effort on the individual's part to be successful not just rely wholely on the material provided.
Thanks,
Bret

Hi everyone, i have the course and i can tell you its a waste of time. Do not waste your money or time. For those who want to know the secrets in a nuttshell, here it is

Bidding Buzz's eBay Stores (they're not making anywhere near what they claim)
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Big-Dollar-Discounts
http://myworld.ebay.com.au/lookyourbest/

You can download their 12 steps ebook here
http://www.biddingbuzz.com.au/files/download_10/12_Steps_Interview.pdf

Research Tools (see what items are hot)
http://www.terapeak.com/
http://pulse.ebay.com.au/
eBay Completed Items

For Wholesalers
http://www.worldwidebrands.com/
http://www.salehoo.com/
http://www.made-in-china.com/
http://www.alibaba.com/

Database & marketing program for your clients
http://www.autobusinessmanager.com/
http://www.aweber.com/

eBay Listing / Automation Tools
http://www.auctiva.com/
http://pages.ebay.com/selling_manager_pro/

To find mispelled items and to resell them on ebay
http://www.fatfingers.com/

Snipe Tools (to win ebay auctions in the last few seconds)
http://www.esnipe.com/
http://www.auctionstealer.com/
http://www.auctionblitz.com/
https://www.bidnapper.com/

For Copywriting get one of Brett McFalls courses
http://www.brettmcfall.com/

Oursource your work and get others to help you
http://www.elance.com/
http://castingwords.com/

Frank

all
thanks for the free advice I wish I had come to this site first save me having to put up with trying to look at this program. It does show you there is money to be made but ripping people off although it does happen is not the way to make it. The other thing is they think this is acceptable beats me...they do need to be exposed to prevent further rip offs but my guess is they would open under another name anyway.

Hi all you disgruntal people. How about we look into a class action against Matt and Amanda? If we could get a pro bono lawyer we could at least make some louder noise, if not get our money back? They need to be taken down a peg or two!

Hi, I have just read everyones comments and wish I had done so 18 months ago when I let Matt and Amanda have $6, 000 of my hard earned money. I asked their sales people if there was any possible way a full time working parent would have the time to make a go of this and of course their answer was yes. Stupid desperate me hoping to make an easy second income to better provide for my family listened. What a load of BS, I spent hours researching watching their dvd's and reading the worthless manuals to get no where, I could have accessed all of this info for free . This took up so much of my time that my family life suffered and my real job that pays the bills and keeps the roof over my family's head also suffered. I never felt like a customer when I rang for help, just felt stupid and in the way and trust me 15minutes is 15 minutes if you have another question stiff they have another call to answer. The hidden costs they dont tell you about also, isn't it enough that I just spent $6, 000 now I have to pay a large sum for Terapeak, ebay costs etc. We all go on ebay to look for a bargain so why would it be any different when people are looking at my stuff, I would love to know what Matt and Amanda sell, probably nothing because they make all their money from self confessed suckers like myself. To all of you looking at Matt and Amanda's programme DONT DO IT spend your money on a holiday that you really deserve . Finally Matt nd Amanda I would like to say to you, thats if you bother to read negative comments about yourself, which you probably dont because you are so perfect with your 100% positive feedback, HOPE YOU ENJOYED SPENDING MY MONEY.

First things first, I added these Bidding Buzz wankers on Facebook and saw they were announcing a highly successful "Bidding Buzz student" (as Matt and Amanda would say.." that makes 1.4 mio on eBay by having studied and applied their course. Somebody then commented and asked how he was doing that? Matt then of course immediately posted a reply saying that you need to buy more Bidding Buzz training material/courses to know this! Well, I thought what a [censor]ing jerk! I basically then commented back, to make this amount of money (whether it is eBay or any other platform), you simply need to ask yourself two questions only: what products is he selling that can generate such high revenue and to whom. Full stop! And, do you know what, on the very next day I was unfriended by Bidding Buzz. Nice people arent they? I actually built a successful eBay business myself making $20, 000 revenue (10% real profit only!) and their crappy courses werent of any use at all! I got more info out of a free eBay book than their [censor] out-date DVDs and manuals back from 2oo7! I dont know why people dont get it. You cant f#$%^& buy your success! Dont fall into the trap to listen to these unscrupulous people Matt and Amanda. Their sales tactics stink! They give a damn about your success, only what gets into their pocket! Well, thats it for my today's rank :) Please, save yourself $4000-$5000 dollars and do NOT buy their lousy eBay courses! Now you have read this, so you cant say I didnt warn you! Good luck! Grace

thanks andrew "providence" b.

God works in mysterious ways. Perhaps the blessing you have received is in the thousands of dollars you have saved by not being fooled into paying for information that is freely available. Truly successful business people either guard their secrets to making money, or openly share them. Everything you need to know about selling on ebay is out there in the public domain. There are no shortcuts to wealth. No easy ways out. If you want to build an ebay business start now, following the online tutorial and by reading the forums. Never pay upfront for a 'business' opportunity. Build your own.

I've got to hand it to Matt and Amanda Clarkson of BIDDING BUZZ fame, they really are living the "dream" life but sadly at the expensive of the average Joe!
Yes...I've purchased their Ultimate EBAY MAGIC course at a hideous cost of almost $6, 000, I've been to their 3 day seminar/sales pitch, I've talked to the "kids" they hire to mentor you in their ebay business and I've invested hundreds of hours going through their manuals, DVD's and researching products.
The result...I have sold a few hundred items on ebay over the last year across a couple of ebay shops, I even made "power seller" in one shop BUT after all this effort, research, hours of writing copy and descriptions, photographing products etc etc that goes with running an ebay shop I have not even covered the cost of the course yet!
Matt and Amanda Clarkson are HIGHLY trained and skilled Salespeople...they have invested thousands and thousands of their own money on their personal "education" learning how to EXTRACT the hard earned money of average people looking to create a better life for themselves and their families.
My advice would be to SAVE your money - there are plenty of other ways to learn how to sell using online auction formats. I found the most helpful and useful tips came from altruistic people that produce monthly newsletters, from the Ebay site itself, from simple magazines in the Newsagents such as EBAYLife (cost $9.95)... despite the fact that Matt and Amanda Clarkson and their good friend Darren Stephens are plastered all over the inside of this publication it does provide some good up to date tips, tricks and stories.
REMEMBER...Matt and Amanda Clarkson have amassed the bulk of their fortune through selling their courses and joint venture (JV) programs. If they were making their fortune by simply selling products on ebay then WHY would they bother setting up staffed offices, conducting weekend seminars, travelling the country doing their "recruiting" seminars etc etc.
Use your COMMON sense and do your research before forking out thousands of dollars - selling on EBAY is not hard and there are many, many successful people selling that have never done an ebay course in their life!

To anwer Sarah_P questions above:
I do have 3 questions after dedicating 2 and a 1/2 hours of my life last night and coming away with no insights. If anyone can answer the questions below I would be very grateful.

1. I was interested in their "Virtual Rolodex of Industry Experts" can anyone shed any light on what this included?...These are people who are "friends" of the Clarkson's that also sell courses in various areas such as copy writing, overcoming your personal blocks to wealth creation, motivational experts etc, etc.

2. Also, what is there "tool to find hot untapped markets" is there anything revolutionary here? ...this is TERAPEAK but there are other ways to find products that sell well on Ebay without having to pay hundreds of dollars a year for this service.

3. One last question, what is learned from the video "How to access over 8, 000, 000 name brand products? ...Not much especially if you have no desire to get involved in the whole dropshipping and import sector. I'd say this is referring to the site "World Wide Brands" where you pay an expensive membership in order to access wholesalers and dropshippers.

So...hope this has been helpful. Selling on ebay is a great way to earn a few extra dollars or to supplement your families income but please be realistic and use some common sense before paying out thousands of dollars ( I certainly wish I had taken my own advice). Don't expect MAGIC because it doesn't really happen with Matt and Amanda Clarkson's EBAY MAGIC course.

Hi everyone,
I found this post because I attended Matt and Amanda's seminar last night. I agree that the whole 2 and a 1/2 hours was a sales pitch.

You should know this - I recently attended a different seminar where the speakers were very honest that the only way to make "BIG" money is to become an "expert" in a niche market and then to hold seminars and workshops in order to get people to sign up to your course and/or mentoring program. They teach you sales techniques, presentation techniques and emotional manipulation techniques, all of which I saw used last night. Matt and Amanda's real business is getting the average Joe to sign up to their course or mentoring program - this is where the "big" money is made.

What I do recommend, is not giving up hope on all online marketing seminars as there are often gold nuggets of information that are shared BUT NEVER hand over your hard earned cash for anything on the day, go home do you diligent Google research on the course that you are going to spend your cash on, as there are often posts like this one, that shed a lot of light and what is truly been offered.

I do have 3 questions after dedicating 2 and a 1/2 hours of my life last night and coming away with no insights. If anyone can answer the questions below I would be very grateful.

1. I was interested in their "Virtual Rolodex of Industry Experts" can anyone shed any light on what this included?
2. Also, what is there "tool to find hot untapped markets" is there anything revolutionary here?
3. One last question, what is learned from the video "How to access over 8, 000, 000 name brand products?

Lastly, I agree that this industry desperately needs to be strongly regulated. Good luck to everyone, I hope that you are successful!

I agree with all the people that have bought this program and think it SUCKS. I was stupid enough to buy the $4, 000 pack only to find that its a whole lot of rubbish. Once you purchase that pack they want nothing at all to do with you. All the help they say their going to give you ...all lies. They won't have a thing to do with you. They trained their staff to lie just so they have another $4, 000 in their pocket and dare not ask for a refund, they cut you off real soon. Ebay has cost me so much money with their fees and changes but Matt and Amanda don't tell you any of that. Plus thier $49.00 MEMBERSHIP FEE every month, its a joke. Before all those people praise Matt and Amanda buy their pack and tell me if you think their still nice people.

Wish I had read all this first and saved myself $4000

Hi guys,

I agree and disagree with most peoples comments.

Yes the ebay course is targeted at the typical mums and dads and can infact earn some extra cash on the side. It is also targeted for the big players also. The thing is for people who are wanting to be the big player they do not BOLD the point that to earn 50K per month you need to be importing high ticket items from China or other exporting countries. Now, as commented last they sell exercise equipment.. A few years ago this equipment was a goldmine on ebay hence the big cashflow of 50K per year and hence the success in telling there story etc... I mean, if you import a 20 or 40 foot container from china you can get these same exercise equiptment for around $40 - $50 per unit(depending on the machine). Now if they auctioned one of these off everyday and ended at 7pm and sold for $200+ at the min thats $150+ profit per day x 7 days is over $1000 for simply 1 product. Now, have 10 - 15 products on the run at auction everyday making $100+ profit a day... you do the maths...

Now to make this kind of money you do require alot of money as I know for a fact these guys had a 50K contract with an overseas factory probably manufacturing exercise equipment.

Now one last thing they don't actually tell you... the 50K per month is actually the total sales... factor in ebay fees, listing and final value fees, paypal fees, monthly store fees and warehouse storage fees (which can be from $400 - $800 per month depending on space required) and not to mention the biggest factor "INITIAL PRODUCT COSTS" (Remember you need to factor in what you payed for the product) profits are not actually $50K in the end... Most ebayers would be happy if they received 30% of the 50K which is still quite large being $10 - $15K per month in the pocket.

Finding HOT products is very easy to do as long as you know "HOW"... It is built on the most simple principle "high demand, low competition". If you find a product that can clearly show you people are buying the product but only 1 or 2 people are selling it... presto...you can just in and start selling. Remember this point though, every product has its own life cycle. Make sure you constantly find new hot products for the time when your existing hot products life cycle comes to an end.

Anyway, I hope this cleared a few things up for some people and can decide to buy or not to buy the course based on how you feel. Yes the course is expensive, yes it has alot of information most regular/advanced ebay sellers already know, yes it has all the information you need to start your ebay business if you don't have a clue how or never started on, yes it can make you alot of money, yes it can make you a little money and yes you do need to put in alot of work at the beginning to make it work. There is no right or wrong just "action" and what you want to achieve out of this (either some pocket money or triple your current income). Either option can definitely be achieved as long as it suits you and your needs and your willingness to make it happen (it doesn't happen overnight by a long shot).