I've Put Up With Their Increasing Fees For Years & Now They Go And Do This?

I have been buying from ebay for a while.

While I do enjoy the fact that there is a money back guarantee on a lot of coins, I didn't know they made it mandatory to sellers.

I have never returned a coin however. If I don't like what I got I don't buy from seller again. Simple as that.

I did have more confidence in the ones who do offer this guarantee. Figured they had to have confidence in what they were selling to do this. Now I know better.

Thank you for informing me of this.

P.s I don't think you should have to give money back for precious medal bullion. These are what they are and should be bought as silver. If you willing to pay more and regret it later not sellers fault. Bullion is Bullion. If fake(as in plated)that is different story. Plated coins should be stated as such and ALOT of them aren't.

There seems to be a lot of new 'sell your stuff' apps com8ng out. Not the global access of ebay but probably good enough to make money. I suggest looking into other avenues of selling.

I've been off ebay for a year and it feels good. Take a deep breath, think about going to a local coin show. Buy a table and do coin business a few weekends a year. Join a coin club and sell in their meeting auctions. If this is too low volume for you consider a partnership in a local coin shop or booth at the antique mall. I find I buy far fewer but much better coins in person.

I will certainly never be "Top Rated". The notion the customer can buy gold or silver, watch for the price to drop, then recover his investment up to 30 days - or keep it only if profitable. How much silver & gold is being bought on the site by their insiders who create such policies?

Ebay's policies make an exclusion to the 30 day return period for listings under the category of bullion.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/top...ed.html#what

So let me get this right. I can buy a monster box of ASE's for say $9k and if silver drops in 3 weeks and a monster box then costs $8k. I can return my $9k box, buy a new one for $8k and pocket my losses back.

Or, I buy a coin hoping for a high grade. I send the coin to PCGS express and even with shipping times I now have the ability to ensure I can always return the coin if I don't get the grade. And hey, if I scratch it cracking it out its their loss

Holy crap! A new illicit cottage ebay business is being born by regulation once again

ebay has gone downhill for YEARS. Started with taking NO checks or Money-Orders(Buyer Protection..or...forced allocation into Paypal? Duh on that one)..Then, stopped having the BUYER buy Insurance. Selling a big ticket item, and, it burns up in a rear-ender....guess who's fault it is..The SELLER! Big Duh#2. Huge Duh #3..Sellers no longer allowed to leave negatives. It's a "Buy on Approval" now system...Period.(I just sold a 1913-S $5 Indian Head RAW(I had a BAD feeling about this)...2 days ago, a message "I've returned the coin..let me know when it arrives"...Guess it wouldn't grade the way HE wanted it(buyer="teletradecoins", with 100% positive feedback(of course!), and, 1856 of them!..
Let's see, what else...FEE's on shipping rates, always sweet to have more profits taken away, and, now, loss of top-rated seller status, cause many buyers had problems PAYING via Paypal, and, cancelled their orders in frustration.
So...tag me as when it's time to unload my investment coins I have had secure slabbed via PCGS, ebay won't get a dime.
3 years ago, selling a friends' sterling flatware, I was hit by a PRO..he said my order was 2 ounces underweight, and, wanted a partial refund. I stood my ground, did some research, and, discovered he had done the same thing to 7 other sellers, and, destroyed them all, including sending back some flatware BENT, in retribution. I left the word NEGATIVE in the feedback back, and, 1 day, awoke to a "account suspended" icon...after numerous calls to ebay, all to no avail, they banned me for LIFE....yep. True story. 9 years of good sales, 100% feedback rating, over 12,000 feedbacks(25,000 actual), less than 1/10th of 1% return rate, all gone in a micro-second. Buyers BEHAVED back then, otherwise, THEY would get a negative feedback, and, that kept them in line, for the most part.
The scammer got cash, free flatware, and is still active under a new name. I am MORE than open to hear of any sites that sell coins where the playing field is level, if anybody has any ideas, shoot them my way.
I decided last year to invest in slabbing ALL my raw gold, and, more expensive coins with PCGS Secure labels, so, when I go to sell, I won't be hit by people sending back fake coins, and, getting refunds. It's pretty hard to crack open a slab, and not make some kind of damage, so, I am hopeful this investment will be secure. Probably take everything to a coin show, once spot price gets where I would want it, but, that may be 3-5 years, depending on what happens on a lot of different platforms. Heck, it might be easier to just take to a local coin shop and dump...IF spot is so high(gold over 3k/Oz, Silver above 75/Oz--Hey..I can dream, can't I?)...the lower price I would get would be close to what I would get selling on ebay, after the 14% loss from them, and Paypal fees, and, NO returns or hassles....walk in--sell--go to dinner at fine steakhouse!
I AM curious if anybody has sold via Great Collections, and, how they felt about the entire transaction and final results..good--bad--nuetral?
Cheers
Calvin