Has Anyone Made Comparison From Auction Here Vs Ebay?

The majority of coins I offer here, are in the auction format. Of course, ebay does appeal to a wider audience. I would prefer to offer them first to the CCF family. If there is no interest, I move them to ebay.

I think ebay has a wider audience & will probably generate a better price. I also think it's a good idea to list coins here first.

Figure what they would sell for on ebay, subtract what it would cost in fees & offer the item here at a fixed price. That gives another member an opportunity to pick up a coin for less than ebay with no loss to the seller. If it doesn't sell in a few days you can always list on ebay.

If I sold a $200 coin on ebay, what would that end up costing me in listing fees, ebay fees and Paypal fees?

I sold a coin with a BIN @ 320.00 and it cost me $25.10 in ebay fee's not sure about Paypal fees

I've never had much luck buying or selling coins here on the Forum but I always assumed that was because, frankly, most of the coins I deal in are considered "junk" (or worse!) by most serious collectors. I think if I had something "good" to sell I'd certainly start here first and then move it to ebay if I couldn't sell it here.

andre1621,

Yes, you are correct. ebay owns PayPal.

So now I am starting to understand why ebay metion in a email that starting October 2009 that all item would have to be paid with Paypal,no more check or cash this because they where loosing monney on shipping,one thing I hate about ebay is that when ever you list an item with a reserved price they send you an email to lower down your price another tactic of them to hain more sell and more money each time I get this type of email it's junk to me.

Yeah it depends on the coin. Usually more for lower end stuff than higher end stuff, but I've sold at least a couple of higher end coins on here. So it's pretty decent here...a lot better than another forum (cointalk) I go on where I have never successfully sold a single thing in over a year despite over two dozen 'potential' transactions. People just ignore PM's/emails or are really iffy about doing anything in the first place there, its so frustrating. In the rare case that someone actually DID give the communication to set up a deal, they wanted a slabbed coin for half its market value or something...a little negotiation is fine, but that's just ridiculous. As much as that forum irritates me much of the time, I have tried to be civil, so I hope my....thoughts on them are allowed to stay.

I mean no offense to them or anything, but this place does seem far better due to its tight knittedness where people trust each other more and whatnot. I'd say you'd be taking a high risk AUCTIONING higher end more obscure coins here because of what others said (lack of exposure, funds) but other than that there is not much trouble. Thus, I believe that for higher end more 'obscure' stuff, ebay probably will get you a faster sale and potentially more money, but at a heavy fee. I'm really not a big fan of them at all, but the exposure to so many buyers that they give you cannot be denied (if you list correctly, that is) Here, you may have to wait awhile, but if you have a nice coin that does not come up all too often you sometimes will eventually get a buyer at a fair price.