Does Anyone Have A Good Alternative To Ebay?

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Henry M Smith Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 9:01 pm I have an ebay account in addition to my own website. The problem, and most know, is the fees. The reward is the traffic. I tried U-Bid and had a terrible experience. I posted BIN items, and people made ridiculous offers. One asked to buy an ounce of silver coin for about $5 under silver price. when I said no he answered with silver had gone up for a few days, and would fall the next, so I should sell it to him at his predicted price. U-Bid was too rude. Does anyone have a good alternative to ebay? A site with traffic would be nice. Report this Post to the Staff

zxcccxz Pillar of the Community Canada 5417 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 9:22 pm Try VCoins.com They have some pretty good stuff and the dealers are friendly and willing to bargain. Report this Post to the Staff
Jabbss651 Valued Member 72 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 07:51 am Greatcollections.com...Great site to buy off of. They take consignments as well. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 08:52 am I think he's looking for a place to sell, not a place to buy, guys. This will be difficult as there's nothing similar out there with more than, say, 1% of ebay's traffic. Report this Post to the Staff
Domain555 Pillar of the Community United States 1804 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 09:01 am Henry....... Quote: I have an ebay account in addition to my own website. The problem, and most know, is the fees. The reward is the traffic. I tried U-Bid and had a terrible experience. I posted BIN items, and people made ridiculous offers. One asked to buy an ounce of silver coin for about $5 under silver price. when I said no he answered with silver had gone up for a few days, and would fall the next, so I should sell it to him at his predicted price. U-Bid was too rude. Does anyone have a good alternative to ebay? A site with traffic would be nice. Between ebay and Paypal (for me) it amounts to 13%. If your margin is only 25-35% ... Hard day at black rock. Report this Post to the Staff
basebal21 Bedrock of the Community 13014 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 09:04 am As of now theres really not a good alternative for selling aside from building your own customer base. If there were other websites that got the traffic ebay did ebay wouldnt be ebay. Everything else either has higher fees like Amazon or gets such a small fraction of traffic compared to ebay sales are usually very slow. It cant hurt to do an ecrater site too and just list both places but ecrater doesn't generate the type of sales ebay does. Report this Post to the Staff
Henry M Smith Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 7:34 pm What am I missing here? ebay has 1960 proof sets for less than $35. what makes the broken set worth more? I know it is slabbed, but is that enough? Report this Post to the Staff
basebal21 Bedrock of the Community 13014 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 8:11 pm Quote: what makes the broken set worth more? I know it is slabbed, but is that enough? Individual high grade examples are always worth more than the full set. Most people only want a coin or two from sets and they want a good one. The set gives them extras they dont want to pay for while concealing the true appearance some. For slabs yes, all things being equal reputably graded will be worth more than raw especially for rare coins and condition rarities Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 10:58 pm Quote: when I said no he answered with silver had gone up for a few days, and would fall the next, so I should sell it to him at his predicted price. I'd tell him, "Good Luck." swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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