The working world of: Jacob Lawson
This week we look at the working life of Jacob Lawson, who buys and sells items on Internet auction sites.
In the old days, before the Internet, I had to trawl through hundreds of (1) (CLASS)
ads each week and go to car boot sales at the weekend. Auction sites like eBay, though, are extremely
(2) (IMPRESS) and a great (3) (IMPROVE). It's just
(4) (TERROR) what you can do at the click of a button. I love it!
I generally buy and sell (5) (COLLECT) items. These could be anything - from
carriage clocks to knives and forks to plastic (6) (ART) flowers.
(7) (COLLECT) are interested in the strangest things - and there's always money to
be made. The best money comes from items that are in very good condition - often because they're
(8) (USE) and still in their packaging, but there's also a market for things like secondhand pottery or glassware that might have (9) (PERFECT).
I'm quite successful. One of my (10) (STRONG) is that I've got a very good rating
on most of these sites - people I've sold to have given me very good reviews, so new customers
trust me. I'm also good at spotting what's (11) (VALUE) and what's completely
(12) (WORTH). For example, here's a pair of (13) (MATCH)
earrings. The description says they're diamond, but if you click on the picture, a trained eye like mine can
tell immediately they're (14) (IMITATE). Diamond's basically (15)
(DESTROY), you see, and these have got damage marks on them. So I won't be buying them. Ideally, it's
better to actually see the (16) (GOOD) you're buying before you purchase them, but
these auction sites have pretty good policies if you're not satisfied with your purchase, and I've never had
any problems.
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