Wow that is a great deal! Nicely done an he probably didn't mind to give you a deal to move that silver an make some himself....
Not that unusual at all to see one person who is an expert in one genre (like sports memorabilia or goods), to have other items they come across in life an sell from their store front and mostly as you mentioned, on
ebay. I once bought a 4 oz. Detroit Red wing silver round an only 250 minted to celebrate their 1997 cup win over the Flyers in 4 games from seller on
ebay that was also a sporting goods store in Michigan where the coin was no doubt for sale. An often bought from sellers with other sports card an such like signed items for sale....
I did see an interesting post here most recently here in this section about many leaving
ebay due to the fees, to find better grounds elsewhere where they can sell for free. He mentioned a site, and it escapes my mind now. To my point, it can't have the exposures that one gets with the world wide audience on
ebay. Now that does not mean that is not a great idea worth looking into, an really IF the same item you ran on
ebay got the exact same action an bid totals that it drew on one of these lesser known sites, then why not....
In which case if it did produce the same amount of money say on 100 oz. of the exact same 100 oz. that
ebay brought, an you made out better via no lost 14% to
ebay an its little brother pay-pal which is owned by, you guessed it
ebay, then it is a no brainer.....
That person with the little sports store struggling an praying he has enough business come through the doors each month to keep the lights on an the staff an other bills paid knows the value of selling on
ebay. An probably would have sold them there an made a wee bit more with a wee bit more trouble to list an ship and of course wait to collect, but he was saved by just the lucky chance of fate of you an him crossing paths an he gladly took a little loss to move them asap. As advertisement did not lead you his way....
Being able to buy scrap an coins from people at a far below retail price, is the real value in having a store front if it is a coin/pawn shop say for example, IF you can keep the bills paid an doors open....
An that is not easy in this world where anyone with half a lick of computer sense can sit on their couch, pay their internet, get a comp an digi camera an sell on
ebay for way less overhead....
Posted 04/26/2012 6:11 pm
