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I know the danger exists but how would that happen with a PCGS slabbed coin?
I assume you mean the SNAD/eBay return thing...
You need to remember that being in a slab or not, being a coin or being a piece of high-priced technology, or being anything valuable, or really any item on
ebay (but it's the high values where buyers tend to play games)...all a buyer needs to do is provide
ebay with a tracking number that gets delivered back to you, the seller, and
ebay will side with the buyer. The package sent back to you could be 100% air (i.e., empty)...it doesn't matter. It'd be up to you to prove to
ebay the buyer sent you back something else/nothing at all. And that's really hard to do, since buyer protection trumps seller protection virtually 100% of the time.
Plus, I'm not sure if you have an
ebay account, or if you've ever sold anything before, but if not,
ebay does set pretty strict selling limits to new sellers. In order to increase those limits, you need to become a more established seller with positive buyer feedback, since
ebay needs to protect buyers from nefarious sellers.
Quote:Would they charge additional for that, and if so, how does that compare to the cost of sending them in myself? If HA is used as an auction portal, would it still have the same advantages over
ebay as far as risk to the seller goes? Or do you only have the added protection for consigned coins?
Yes, they charge you for slabbing the coins. They'd probably be cheaper since they'd probably get bulk slabbing discounts, where you wouldn't, plus you'd have to get a membership with the
TPG's (maybe not with ANACS, not sure) before you could submit coins or you'd have to find someone who had a membership (like a coin dealer) who could submit on your behalf (but they might charge you more for the grading than what it would cost since they need to make a living themselves)
As the risk to the seller, I could be wrong, but I'd say that HA is much safer, most auctions are, than
ebay. After all, if they have return policies, they're set in stone (i.e., if they had a policy of 3 days, and a buyer tried to return it on day 4, no dice, no exceptions). Plus, if a buyer tried to return an item that wasn't what was sold to them, it wouldn't fly, after all THEY know what THEY mailed out, they don't need to worry about you mailing the items to a winner, so if someone should try something, they have the upper hand AND the the resources to seek justice. Again, I could be wrong, but that's how I've viewed it.
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Posted 01/25/2015 10:36 am
) and suggest GreatCollections as your appropriate venue. The fee structure is more favorable and they're straight-up coin geeks. Who work walking distance from PCGS.
