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Has Anyone Made Comparison From Auction Here Vs Ebay?

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 Posted 02/04/2010  7:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add andre1621 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have a good question to ask: those ebay and Paypal belong to the same owner?Just curius to know because ebay is charging you fee on item you sell excepted on the shipping charge then paypal charge you fee on the item sold and also on the shipping,my opinion is that they both belong to the same owner.

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 Posted 02/05/2010  05:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cwb1877 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
andre1621,

Yes, you are correct. ebay owns PayPal.
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 Posted 02/05/2010  08:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KenKat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Paypal fees are typically 30 cents (fixed fee) plus 2.9% of the total.

I think ebay fees start at 8.75% of selling price with lower break points for higher priced items.
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 Posted 02/05/2010  12:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add andre1621 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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.
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 Posted 02/05/2010  1:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SeatedNut to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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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
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Andre,

You can still accept other forms of payment for auctions (Money Order, check, first-born male child, etc.) You just can't advertise that in your auction and if you accept other forms of payment you forfeit PayPal protection. I've had numerous buyers ask to pay by M.O. I gladly accept these and inform the buyer that the item won't ship until the M.O. is successfully cashed. The end result is that the item takes a bit longer to get to the buyer and no one gets to pay PayPal fees.
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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.
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