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From Antiques to Video Games. Show us what you need value help with and get feedback on values, tips & information from other members.

What Are Your Own Interests or Areas of Expertise? Everyone has a hobby, passion or interest. Use our search to find things that you would like to help others with. Values are not required if you would only like to help with information or feedback.

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Our member registration is fast and easy. As a member, you can post pictures of your own items to get help from other members. And become someone to know by helping other members too.

Find a buyer. Members do not buy or sell directly on ValueJockey, but if you are currently using a classified ad or auction service such as eBay®, craigslist® or other great company, you can display a link to send members directly to an active ad. We'll help you keep the links up to date by reminding you to refresh them every seven days.

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When registering, tell us about a couple of your favorite areas of interest or expertise. To keep you informed on what members are listing, you may be notified by email from time to time when listings matching these interests are added.

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How to Post Your Listing on ValueJockey.com.

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Sign in to your ValueJockey.com account with your user name and password using either the "Sign In" link at the top right of every page or the blue "Sign In" tab on the navigation tool bar.
Click on the Add Product Link located on your "My Account" tool bar.
Complete the Add Product Form with your best descriptive title for the item, a detailed description with as much information that you can provide and add some keywords that will help you be found in our search results. TIP - Titles & descriptions are picked up by the search engines. Make your title (product name) as specific as possible. Upload up to four photos. Photos are important as these give others a much more efficient way to suggest a value. Some items are not always easy to evaluate by photos alone, but it is sometimes the only method available. Values and information are provided by members just like yourself and come from a wide variety of interests and levels of expertise. Answers may be given by appraisers, collectors, hobbyists or someone with an interest in your item.
Click the continue button and confirm your product details by reviewing the page. At his point you can edit (if you find an error), cancel (if you wish to start over), or click submit to list your product. Submissions are permanent, but can be updated with additional information at any time. Simply login to your account, choose the item you wish to add information to and click on the add detail link. This is where you can also copy and paste a current link to your ads.
Once you have submitted the item, it will be shown on the ValueJockey home page and remains permanently on our site as a helpful resource to all. Original listings are not editable as doing so would alter the value of the item once value suggestions have already been averaged, but you can at any time add additional details to your posting. And you can always edit or add additional photos with a maximum of four per posting. TIP - A link to an outside website is available when uploading photos if you need help resizing for faster load times. If you have any questions or problems with a post, contact our support team using the tab on the navigation bar.
Posts that are inappropriate or otherwise not allowed on ValueJockey, can be flagged using the abuse link included with every posting or will be removed by our support staff if they violate our terms of use.
When a member provides a value suggestion or feedback, you will receive an email with a direct link so you can easily check your responses. Any number of members may reply to your item. TIP - The colored measurement bar tells you how members are voting their level of confidence in their own response. The further up the bar the color displays, the higher their confidence level is in their answers.
On occasion, you may receive feedback that will contain a question or two from another member asking for more information about the item you've posted. Send a reply back that will display online by logging into your account and selecting "My Products". Choose the item you wish to respond to and click on the link to open a dialog box to answer questions. Or add your own additional information at any time. The date, time and new details will appear online for all to see.

Watch for The "For Sale" Tag Icon.

It tells you that the listing contains a direct classified or auction ad link that you can use to find the posting members ad for sale.

Need to Update Your Listing?

It's easy to add details, edit photos or add a link to active classified ads & auctions.

Sign in to your account. Select to view "Your Products" and choose the listing you wish to add details to. Click on "Add Details" to open a new box for you to add information.

You can also copy and paste a link to your current ads if you wish!

TIP - When adding additional details to your post, your listing will move to the top of it's category in the search results.

How to Contribute Values, Feedback or Both to Another Members Listing.

Share Your Knowledge on One Item or a Hundred! It is not a requirement to place a price suggestion on any item. Members can suggest a value, selling tips, information, feedback or any combination.

Sign into your ValueJockey.com account.
Using the Categories on the left side of the screen (helps when looking for subcategories) or the drop down Search Box at the top right of every page (choose any category to see all items listed), navigate to the product which you would like to post/suggest a price. You can search by zip code, mileage radius, price, item number or date on the Advanced Search page.
Click on "Suggest A Value" for the item that you wish to make a value suggestion. This will ensure you will be automatically returned to the same page. If not, just type in the title of the item in the search box.
Complete the Value Suggestion form at the bottom of the page. TIP - When signing in, check the "Remember Me" feature on the login page. Inactivity while you prepare your feedback sometimes leads to having to resign in.

Fill in your Suggested Value if you have one. One per member per item please to keep a level average of pricing. (Price in U.S. Dollars) You can always log back in if you wish to change your value later. Choose a confidence level that describes how certain you are of your suggested price; Where "1" is the least certain and "5" is the most certain. This helps provide a total value based on each members own individual price confidence.

Give feedback and reasons why you suggested this value or item worth if you can. Add tips, information and helpful insight to answer members questions and help them to make the most of what they have. Whenever possible, please reveal your sources and give credit where credit is due!

You are welcome to add additional suggestions to another members posting at any time. These additions are dated so all visitors will know when they were added. You will be asked to also give a level of confidence in your comments when providing feedback even without a value being given.

Value suggestions on individual listings are calculated together to arrive at the ValueJockey Price for members and visitors to view. The posting member receives an email notice each time that a value suggestion or feedback has been made to their item if they indicated in their account they wish to receive the communication.

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