As you get deeper into the ebay buying and selling community you're certain to come across a variety of acronyms and abbreviations. Here's the short list of ones we see often:
Selling
- BIN- buy it now- means no bidding, just a straight sales price
- FAQ- Frequently asked questions- always check here before asking a question
- FB- feedback
- FVF- final valuation fee- what the seller is charged when they list and sell item
Quality of item
- NIB- new in box
- VINT- vintage
- NOS- new old stock
- DOA- dead on arrival
- VHTF- very hard to find
- NWT- new with tag
- NWOT- new without tag
There are many more abbreviations used that are category specific, but this is a great short list to get you started
Guide created: 02/04/07 (updated 03/20/08)


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