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What kind of a knucklehead would...
Pay $35 for a coin and then list it for $.99 on eBay?
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What kind of a knucklehead would...
RWF wrote:
Pay $35 for a coin and then list it for $.99 on eBay? Before answering that question I'd need documentation that $35 was indeed paid. Independent of that, a nationally-known purveyor of numismatic literature starts out almost all his auctions at $6, even for items with a retail value of over $200, but almost always gets close to the retail price, and sometimes even more. I keep waiting to see someone make off with the two-volume set of large cent books by Bill Noyes for $25, but so far it hasn't happened. James |
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What kind of a knucklehead would...
Because a low start very often results in a higher finishing price than a
high start, but not always, sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. I have listed many items at a 99p start that cost a lot more. Billy "RWF" wrote in message ... Pay $35 for a coin and then list it for $.99 on eBay? |
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On Feb 6, 4:18*pm, "note.boy" wrote:
Because a low start very often results in a higher finishing price than a high start, but not always, sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. I have listed many items at a 99p start that cost a lot more. *Billy I made a small net profit on this, started at one cent, and I paid $425 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120369003368 -- RARE COIN AUCTIONS NO RESERVES www.frankcoins.com http://myworld.ebay.com/frankcoins Texas Auction License 11259, Board member of Texas Coin Dealers Association, Member TNA, ANA, PCGS, NGC - Full Time Since 1991 |
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What kind of a knucklehead would...
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:41:16 -0500, "RWF" wrote:
Pay $35 for a coin and then list it for $.99 on eBay? Someone trying to save 85 cents on the insertion fee? If you are pretty sure that bidding will go up to $35+ anyway then why give eBay more $$ ? |
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What kind of a knucklehead would...
"Jon Purkey" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:41:16 -0500, "RWF" wrote: Pay $35 for a coin and then list it for $.99 on eBay? Someone trying to save 85 cents on the insertion fee? If you are pretty sure that bidding will go up to $35+ anyway then why give eBay more $$ ? Fair enough but those who take that risk should come here whining about how unreliable eBay is when their coin auctions wind up losing money. |
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What kind of a knucklehead would...
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
... No doubt you (George D) would not. But there are a lot of people out there who seem very afraid that they will not get what they think their material is worth, and then some, almost to the degree of phobia. I can usually spot them by just reading their auction copy and comparing their starting price with book. It's no longer a hobby for them, but more a matter of lives, fortunes, and their sacred honor. At least most of them don't come here to whine about how eBay is unreliable because they can't sell their coins for more than they paid for them! |
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