Another Gut-Wrenching, Disappointing Loss...

The coin market is weak and you must have a starting bid (or reserve) near your acceptable minimum sales price. Don't give your coins away, the market will improve at some point and there are ways to protect yourself in the meantime. Try to learn from this and don't beat yourself up.

P.S. The 20c piece is damaged and the Trade dollar is harshly cleaned. Try to get some help assessing your coins before selling.

I concur with the thoughts of BH1964.

I don't know how you're valuing these mostly problem coins. Having bought and sold coins for many decades, IMHO, you got realistic, collector buy prices on all those listings; perhaps, with the exception of the 1803 cent. Having to pay the exorbitant fees though is frustrating.

Consider cutting out ebay and try selling at a local club or auction. Another thought is to try the CCF meber sales option.

To my eye, your coins sold at reasonable prices. What you paid is not relevant. Agree the 20 cent piece and Trade dollar are problem coins - you take what you get for damaged goods, never a good investment. With respect, you should have thought about this likelihood when you bought these coins. The rest, uncertified, sold at typical prices. Rethink your approach.

Hi, I also see you only have 3 feedbacks. That would be something that would prevent me from bidding on your lots. Nothing personal, but I like to feel that the seller has been around for awhile, although of course, you can get the shaft from someone with thousands of feedback as well.

Selling on ebay can be difficult as well as frustrating. I had near a thousand feedback and still wouldn't get strong bids. Having that little feedback score will hurt. Sellers with tens of thousands of feedback will always get premiums for their coins, even if they are cleaned pieces of crap, which I've seen many times. The best thing to do is have your listings end on Sunday nights, primetime. Include keywords that people are likely to search for, check out keywords from other similar items that have gotten strong bids. I also moved away from starting everything at 99 cents and instead ask the minimum I will take, unless it's a really popular coin.

Your realized prices look fine to me, with the exception being the draped bust cent and the barber half. I feel your pain, I've been there. Take your time, selling can take a lot of effort.

It could not have been in a problem-free holder. As nss-52 noted the Trade dollar has many problems and is in damaged condition, not great condition. The improper cleaning is obvious in all the images and $91 is actually fair market retail.

It appears that part of the problem is you are overvaluing and/or overpaying for coins then trying to re-sell them into a tough market. As others have noted your very low feedback score does not help either. It's always tough to sell raw, problematic coins and these days you are not going to do well as you found out.

with the above, I prefer to sell through CCF at a fixed price/best offer, my clubs or dealer want lists, ebay is a last resort for me for anything other than dumping bullion, culls, etc. If I have something super-nice I wanted to sell I would probably consign it through Heritage since they are local to me, although I've heard a lot of good things about Great Collections. Seems the only way to make money on ebay these days selling coins (without being dishonest) is to post them at greatly inflated BIN prices and let them sit there until someone clicks the button or you get a Best Offer that's not a complete joke.

Speaking only for me - with VERY few exceptions - I will not buy raw coins over $40 from ebay sellers under 500 100% feedback, and I will not buy raw coins over $10 from ebay sellers under 50 100% feedback, and I will not buy anything at all from sellers with less than 25 100% feedback. Other things that will cause me to hit the back button instead of the bid button include inflated shipping costs, failure to combine shipping for multiple wins, no-returns policies, bad pictures, recent negs/neutrals, retaliatory feedback, and "handling time."

Another option, although I do not use it, is to have a local dealer sell on consignment for you.

That's what I was thinking after looking at the listings and I think it's excellent advice. Get a feel for what works and what doesn't selling low value coins, lots, etc.

When searching ebay lately, I'm personally most attracted to BIN listings with Best Offer.