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Selling Ikes At My Garage Sale

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 Posted 05/02/2012  4:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kenney to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The way I see it is if you put out 100 coins, aren't you telling the whole neighbourhood you collect coins and that you probably have a lot more inside the house thus making it a target for teens in need of a quick buck. I don't think pro robbers attend garage sale but. I would bring just a couple out and if you have somebody interested bring the other out.
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 Posted 05/02/2012  4:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Andrew289 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd like to see a thief run off with 100 ikes...I wouldn't get far with that weight ...lol.
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 Posted 05/02/2012  4:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add baysinger626 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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That is exactly what I am looking to do. :)
my bank has a large supply and I want an excuse to get new ones to check for type 2s and whatnot. Not a bad way to make a few bucks in the process.

side question... how many of these are in a roll? I have never seen them rolled.
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 Posted 05/02/2012  5:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
$20 in a roll. I occasionally see $10 half-roll. The wrappers are not widely available so I've either recycled ones from the bank (although they're usually just in a plastic bag or taped-up scrap paper), or super-fancy ones I've designed and printed.

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 Posted 05/02/2012  5:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add baysinger626 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh those ARE super-fancy! I like them.
I might have to get creative with ms paint and see what I come up with.
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 Posted 05/02/2012  5:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've got the the original file around here somewhere...
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I would put them in bags of 10 each and take them to a local small time auction house. I don't know how folks are in MN., but here in N.C. a bag of 10 Ike's could go for as much as $100, and I am not kidding either. You would not be taking advantage of people as some would say, you would just be offering them up to the highest bidder. At least try 1 bag this way and see how it works.
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 Posted 05/03/2012  10:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add afcop13 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
^^Interesting idea on the auction house idea. For the heck of it my wife and I attended an auction last month in St Pete/Clearwater. There were a couple of small coin lots, and one had three Ikes and three silver dimes along with some wheat pennies. It went for $45.

I sold 13 Ikes on ebay two years ago.......and got $39. I expected maybe $15-18, but there was a bidding war in the last two minutes. None of them were silver......just normal Ikes.
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 Posted 05/05/2012  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add baysinger626 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So, I had 15 coins in my plexiglass lock box and I sold all of them at 1.25 each in about a day! I re-filled the box with another 15. Kids seem to love them, and an old man bought 4. One lady was like... "pish.. 1.25 for a dollar... "
Then I said they aren't easy to come by and that they are collectible she ended up buying the last 2 that were out at the time. I thought that was a good one. Id say it was a success.. and I still have tomorrow!
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 Posted 05/06/2012  08:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add southsav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If 1.25 was an easy sell, bump em up to 1.50 and let em go for 1.40
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I'd like to see a thief run off with 100 ikes...I wouldn't get far with that weight ...lol.


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 Posted 05/06/2012  2:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I'd like to see a thief run off with 100 ikes...I wouldn't get far with that weight ...lol.

Your kidding of course. Almost anything on Earth can be stolen. Crooks can and have taken items that weigh a lot more than a hundred of those.
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I'd like to see a thief run off with 100 ikes...I wouldn't get far with that weight ...lol.



I've sprinted across a Target parking lot with a 40-lb bag of dog food thrown over my shoulder and then had to wait for the customers I was carting it out of the store for. I guarantee a bunch of Ikes weigh far less than that bag. All you need is a car nearby and a reasonable amount of upper-body strength to get away with nearly anything.
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Well, I think it was a success... I didnt sell any more on sunday so in total I sold 15, and made $3.75. Not a bad investment return id say.

It would have been very easy for someone to steal them honestly, but there were things that were worth more that would have been just as easy (or easier) to take because the coins were right on the table in front of me. I only had 15 out at a time.

I might try ebay to sell some more.
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