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How to Increase Your eBay Account Security with a Passkey

February 27, 2025 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / 1 Comment
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Dave, I got an email from eBay encouraging me to set up what they call a pass key to increase my account security. Is it really from eBay? What’s a passkey and should I set one up? If so, how’s that done?

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Fast and Easy Way to Review Amazon Purchases?

December 24, 2024 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / 2 Comments
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I buy a lot of various things on Amazon.com and would like to leave reviews of my favorites – and the ones that stink. What’s the easiest way to do that?

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Quick! How to Hide Your Browser History on Amazon.com

December 23, 2024 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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Busy shopping online for the holidays? Yes, it’s last minute, but even then, you don’t want anyone else looking at Amazon and seeing what you’ve bought! There is a way to remove items from your browsing history on Amazon. And BestBuy, but, alas, not Walmart…

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Can you Control If Amazon Rufus AI Trains on your Queries?

September 21, 2024 / Dave Taylor / AI and ChatGPT Help, Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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I’ve been trying out Amazon’s new AI-powered Rufus chatbot and it’s quite helpful with shopping. I’m wondering, however, if I am training the AI every time I ask a question? Is there any way to at least delete my chat history from Rufus?

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Possible to Hide My Friends List in Venmo App?

September 7, 2024 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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A while back, I was reading about how journalists were able to figure out all of President Biden’s Venmo friends and decided I didn’t want to worry about this with my own Venmo account. I know I can hide individual transactions, but can I hide my entire friend list? Thanks!

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Shop Smarter with Amazon’s Rufus AI Chatbot

July 16, 2024 / Dave Taylor / AI and ChatGPT Help, Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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AI chatbots are all the rage on college campuses and workplaces around the world, but you might wonder where it helps you in your own daily life. If you shop on Amazon, you’re going to love Rufus the new Amazon chatbot with an encyclopedic knowledge of every Amazon product and review!

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How Can I Enable 2-Factor Authentication for my eBay Account?

May 29, 2024 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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I’m an active eBay buyer and seller and would like to ensure that I have my account locked down. Does eBay offer 2FA (two-factor authentication) and if so, how do I enable it?

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How to Create Focused Power Searches on eBay

May 9, 2024 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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On any given day, eBay now has about 1.7 billion active listings. That’s a mind-boggling amount of options so it’s imperative that you quickly learn how to craft accurate and focused searches if you’re going to shop online. Here’s how…

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How to Sign Up For an Apple Card Savings Account

April 19, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / No Comments
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Already signed up for an Apple Card and find it a great, modern credit card with its slick iPhone app and easy reporting? I’m a fan too. In cooperation with Goldman Sachs Bank, Apple just announced a high yield savings account too! Here’s how to get it all set up…

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Are Amazon Product Reviews Really Trustworthy?

April 3, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help / 1 Comment
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I was looking for a new bike helmet and was confused by the range of reviews on Amazon. Some people had 5-star reviews and said it was incredibly comfortable while others posted 1-star reviews and said they hated it. Who am I to believe?

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