Also people were much less demanding. No one expected their parcel the next day. If something went wrong they understood. Online shopping had not really been invented at that time. Ebay was really the first online shopping site in Australia and it was new and exciting.

There was no broadband so you had to dial in every time you went on the internet/Ebay. It was so slow and you didn't waste time on there because the internet was expensive.

I didn't have a digital camera as they were really expensive. I had to take my photos, put them in to get developed and then scan the photos into the computer. If I was selling a book at least I could just scan it in. I still have my Canon digital camera I bought for Ebay ten years ago. It cost me $1,000 and it has certainly been worth it. It is still going strong today.