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Valued Member
United States
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Which option do you prefer as a seller and as a buyer? We'll assume the picture quality is high enough to allow grading by the buyer.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
716 Posts |
In general, I do look at any graded raw coin on ebay with suspicion because many sellers do over grade their coins. However, as a buyer, I think it depends on the particular seller. If the seller is one that I trust and have bought coins from in the past, then I would probably value his opinion on the grade of a particular coin. |
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 United States
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I always provide a rough grade estimate for my sales. I trust my grading, and I provide images of grading quality with each auction. That hopefully gives a sharp buyer more confidence in me as a seller, knowing I'm a decent grader.
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Bedrock of the Community
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As a buyer if the coin is raw I dont believe a single word of what the seller says the coin could grade. If its slabbed thats a different story.
Never been a seller so couldnt comment, but if the coin is slabbed and has a high grade I would list that
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
I'd prefer no grade listed to an "inflated grade listed", but if it is at least reasonably close in-general I want a grade so that a "quick search" narrows down the returned coins to a more reasonable number. Some coins and grades have listings so numerous on ebay that a search by grade is worth doing. When that is the case, I prefer a grade listed - but obviously want it to be somewhat realistic. I'd guesstimate that at least 95% of sellers overgrade their coins. Some then list reasonable prices "for their grade" while others also ask way more than retail even at that. It is such a waste of time! |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I too like to search by grade. It can help to eliminate the crap. I cant speak for US ebay but I dont think I've ever seen an undergraded coin on the Aussie ebay. Most sellers overgrade by at least one grade. Some by several. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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I'm glad the consensus matches up with the direction I chose. I only asked because I see some of the larger inventory sellers not listing the grade which seemed odd. I guess their success can be explained by their level of inventory alone. Once you hit critical mass people are more apt to pay attention to your listings, graded or not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Contra, I always have this same question! Glad you asked it. Personally, in my experience, I have purchased from only ONE person on ebay, that matched my opinion as to grade when I received the coin. I prefer to search ebay listings that are not seller graded. It really turns me off when a seller clearly overgrades, and the icing on that cake for me is usually when that overgraded coin is listed with "or best offer". Oh and as a seller, I will always follow up my grade suggestion, if I do list one, with something like, "Could grade AU in my opinion, but please judge for yourself, and I encourage you to request additional photographs if you'd like to better understand the grade of this coin". Edited by joeturbo26
05/19/2012 10:47 am
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United States
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I don't pay attention when the raw coins are graded. I have enough confidence in myself to grade it from a good photo. I grade rather hard too, I always come in lower than a seller (well not always, but a lot, haha)
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Posted 05/04/2012 09:35 am
