I haven't seen any comments on Heritage Coin auctions, so here's my two
bits. I'm also curious as to people's opinions of them. I have made many
purchases from them trying to complete sets for my kids and have been happy
with the transactions. I've had some miserable dealings with some sellers on
ebay (only a couple, most are very positive), but with Heritage, it's been
painless. I bid low enough so that even with the premium, I feel like I've
gotten a deal. They ship fast with good packaging. There's always 5 to 10
coins that I need in each auction and hundreds that I'd love to scoop! I've
never sold anything through them, so I can speak on that. So in general, is
Heritage a RCC favored auction or is it to be avoided?

Rob




"Bill Krummel" wrote in message
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Ok. EBay is where I sell virtually all my coins. It is where I buy most
of
the coins I buy. Other than eBay, I have bought and sold on Andy's UrBid,
mainly because I like Andy and want to contribute, .....well, that's not
quite true, I have picked up a few bargains and a number of reasonable
purchases there, amid some of the listings for common, heavily circulated
IHCs that have a minimum starting bid of $40, or some such. So, I have
bid
at UrBid when I see a coin that has a very low starting bid, and because
the
site is not heavily trafficked, I have been pleased with a good percentage
of my purchases there.

Still, it seems that good auctions are getting scarcer at UrBid.

I am forgoing the pursuit of my classic commemorative halfs, probably
until
next spring. I have tended to stay away from eBay, so as to avoid
temptation. I get withdrawal symptoms really bad by not looking for and
pursuing coins for my personal collection.

So, with some time to spare, I looked at some auction sites that I have
never or seldom visited. One word - disappointment.

Years ago, I used to bid and win at Coin Universe and CCE auctions, and
was
satisfied with my experiences. I tried CCE today with no luck. The coin
auction site must no longer exist, even though the search engine described
the site as a coin auction site. It looks like a server site now, call
"cce-auction.com", but no auctions and no coins.

I tried Yahoo. I have visited Yahoo auctions before, following links from
rcc postings, but I had never surfed the site. I did update my Yahoo "Mu
Auctions" page, and I did tag one auction to follow it until it ends
tomorrow, but I really found that there were none of the low start
auctions
that I like.

I tried Amazon auctions. What's with that? 700 coin auctions, and I
found
one auction with one bid out of 700 auctions. The auction with a bid was
a
tenth ounce certified platinum coin and the bid was showing $25 with the
reserve not met. I thoughtabout popping in a $65 bid but just said
phooey.

So, I suspect eBay is the only place where I would ever do what I and
others
dare to do, list coins at $1 start, no reserve. Any one have some other
sites to suggest? Bill