Thread: eBay bucks, what should I get?

Detecto, the bucks last for a while. With mine, I simply buy what I normally will buy and it just gets applied the next time I pay. Never buy anything that you don't want just to use them. Trust me, something will catch your eye that you will want regardless of if you have bucks or not. THen, just use them up.

Originally Posted by Detecto

Here is what I got!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1865-Shield-Two-Cents-VF-Condition-/300734452763?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item46052 b941b&autorefresh=true&autorefresh=true#ht_1217wt_ 1356

Looks nice, and the we is almost full! Not bad for FREE.

Technically it is not free. EBAY pays for this with what they charge sellers. So all those fee's at least some of it goes towards this. Never signed up for it myself - then again my ebay purchases are about $80 for the year.

I'd try to get a couple of Numismatic Srapbooks from the
70's. They don't have as many ads the earlier years.
And the 70's were a wild ride for coin collecting.

Originally Posted by Detecto

A beam scale, or a digital scale? Be very careful of their digital scales, horrid reviews.

Digital. Where were the bad reviews? It was $125 and that was the cheapest. My $20 pocket scale has been great for years. I'll let you know how it goes.

Originally Posted by Detecto

I have a $14.79 eBay bucks certificate, what should I get, as far as coins?

A Redbook?

FWIW I did find a few bad reviews. The scale is very sensitive which I figured, because 1/10th of a gram is heavy compared to 1/10th of a grain. One guy said he put a quarter under the pan to add extra weight and ran a tare with that on there and it solved the problem. If I have a problem, I'll try that. The problems people were complaining about was fluctuations of 0.4 of a grain. You can't even feel the weight of one grain in your hand.

Thanks for the heads up though.

With $15, you could get a clad commemorative half (or 3).

You could also put it towards half of a common date Morgan, ASE, or a commemorative silver dollar. I like the 1992 Columbus one, and you can get a boxed set with the clad 50c for under $40:
http://moderncommemoratives.com/1992...silver-dollar/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280911082621
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360468238912

Buy what YOU want. Although a reference book may pay off sooner than later.

Originally Posted by Cherd

You could buy one of those unsearched cent rolls with the VDB reverse showing on one end. It might be an "S", you never know!!!

LOL. I always get "unsearched Wheat rolls" with eBucks. I don;t spend any of my money and get some junk to look at. So it's kinda a win-win from that aspect. In fact I already placed an order, because you use them or lose them.

Originally Posted by mark_h

Technically it is not free. EBAY pays for this with what they charge sellers. So all those fee's at least some of it goes towards this. Never signed up for it myself - then again my ebay purchases are about $80 for the year.

As I research a lot of purchases and pricing, I am trending more and more toward eBay. My shipping supplies are the most inexpensive. Books are outrageously under priced. I even bought a water filter for my Fridge that was only $24.95 free shipping when the identical one in the store was $59.98 + tax. So my eBucks are adding up to be more every quarter.