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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not as much as I used too but I think ebay is just saturated with crap now --- not only coins and currency but all the other stuff, too. Buyers have to really work at it to find the better stuff. Using ebay's current search features pulls up totally unrelated stuff for the Buyer to filter out. ebay links to what they "think" the Buyer is looking for. ebay is not near as much fun as it used to be.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I wish I was the one doing $2500. I'm at 0-$50 monthly. It's duplicates or coins I no longer want. Occasionally I will find a good buy I can flip, but it's getting rarer. I do have a friend in eastern Canada that sells rough 100-125 coins monthly. All on auctions he gets $7-$100 per coin. Many times I see his coins going cheap even for graded coins. I'm talking about under issue prices, I wonder if he even breaks even ! He's disabled with chronic pain and does it to keep busy. He really enjoys buying/selling and is a top rated seller. I can't figure out why his auctions are such deals! I find I get better prices using bins with an offer added. I use the setting to eliminate dealing with low ballers. I seldom get any and the settings make it very efficient. I never can figure out why sellers complain about low ballers, when you can use the settings? Using bin takes awhile longer, however, you get your price. You can decide what buyers you don't want to sell to by checking the appropriate boxes. This prevents many headaches, as it helps to Pre screen buyers somewhat, same for eliminating bids from countries you don't ship to. I find these aids very helpful.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
I also get decent results with the bin and best offer. I prefer not to use the settings because I like to counter offer to the low ballers. It never hurts. Noah, did you choose 2500+?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
For gross I should have, but I made my vote for net by mistake... can't change it 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
Take a look at my listings  , quite a bit of different stuff. Sometimes I have more valuable things for sale than others. Now isn't one of those times. Check out completed listings.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
So, do you find most of the coins in circulation? Where do you get all of the silver and proof sets?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
Local people who want to unload their collections.
Up here in Canada, you'd be pressed to find any silver.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
So do you just run an add in the paper or something?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
Local classified online is free. Print paper wouldn't be worth it because there is too much competition for gold and silver.
Some of my relatives know some people, so I'm pretty lucky there.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
Yeah, sounds like you're set up. Once I sell off some inventory, I may try that. Thanks!
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Valued Member
Canada
158 Posts |
I'm at the 300-400 range. Stocked up on pennies before they were pulled from circulation. After they are sorted they are sold off by the roll and it has really boosted my collection. The profits get reinvested into ICCS graded coins, win win :)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
If the US gets rid of pennies, which I hope they don't, I plan on doing the same thing. You set yourself up good! 
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
856 Posts |
LOL I should be so lucky! I sell duplicates of coins I've upgraded, so my sales are very occasional and normally make me back what I paid. If I'm lucky. Quote:The fees are high. 12.9% +.3 is expensive, but try going to any flea market and getting as much publicity as ebay has and lower fees. You say high Bassmaster, but generally we don't know what dealers and coin shops are charging over purchase cost. I suspect in most cases it is more than the ebay 15% or so. And auction houses, well, most times a purchase will be 25% more than hammer (the price agreed in the auction room). So for a very large marketplace, ebay costs are reasonable, I think. Though not, I agree, compared to flea markets, car boot (yard) sales and the like!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
 Exactly.
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