comoregion

Nice!

NPCoin

Why not just post your items here first? Give the forum members a chance to buy from you without all the eBay/PayPal hassle?

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harborcoin

eBay has gotten greedy. I used to do large business there but feel they want all of the money. They get the listing fees, the final value fees and Paypal fees as well. When they doubled the cost of of fees for an ebay store it was the beginning of the end for me. We do some business there now but we limit it as much as we can. I hope they fold and someone not as greedy starts a new one.

mruetz

The real question is whether the eBay fees are worth it. Sometime because of the large audience of people bidding, you get a higher price.

Sholom

Exactly -- one just needs to know ahead of time what the fees will probably be, what the closing price will be, and then figure if its worth it.

As for the large audience -- I just checked for the heck of it: at 10pm (ET) on a random Wed evening, there were 162,000 ongoing auctions in US coins.

justndav76

And what is going on with this supposed new user agreement starting on 6/8/2009? I think they are raising their fee's again also. Here is a little blurb in the new buyer protection sections of the user agreement:

Seller Obligations:

• <LI class=unorderedList>Sellers agree to follow the program requirements as explained in the eBay Purchase Protection policy.
  
  <LI class=unorderedList>All sellers with an open claim must work in good faith to resolve the claim, refund money and/or provide a replacement item, and accept a return of the item as explained by the eBay Purchase Protection Policy.
  
• If a seller doesn't resolve a claim, the seller agrees to pay eBay the amount paid by eBay to the buyer in accordance with the eBay Purchase Protection policy. eBay will invoice the seller for these amounts and seller agrees to pay eBay in accordance with the invoice terms.
  

Obligations with respect to allegedly non-authentic items:

• <LI class=unorderedList>For covered claims that meet the conditions and are not excluded, buyers are required to destroy an item if they claim it is not authentic. Once a buyer confirms destruction of the item, eBay will reimburse the buyer.
  
• For covered claims that meet the conditions and are not excluded, sellers agree to not hold buyers or eBay responsible for the destruction of an item if it is not believed to be authentic.
  

So if you buy a fake coin you have to confirm you've destroyed it before they refund your money if the seller wont work with you? That seems really odd to me, and personally I dont know if I like that.

justndav76

Also read the new Ebay purchase protection policy. I love the part where it says if you qualify under the agreement to be refunded for something it states ebay may "issue you a coupon to use for further purchases rather than a direct refund". You have got to be kidding me. I dont know how this all will pertain to coin collectors but there is some fine print in all these new policies that I find a bit concerning.

It says: Some examples of what wouldnt be covered... last bullet point has this blurb:

The item has minor scratches and was listed as used.

Now how would that pertain to us coin collectors for something that maybe was not listed in an auction description for an old coin, or not visible from the photo's posted when a seller makes a claim for a condition of a coin that isnt exactly correct? I could see ebay saying, well the coin is such and such years old and scatches would be expected thus no refund. Im probably thinking this out to much and its late but I think they are important questions.

KomkaCoins

<----------hates ebay for buying (never as described) and selling (fees are too high) -ask me how I really feel. HAHA jokin

Srontgorrth

Lately they've been giving out 5 free listings a month atleast. I think its worth it.

demonik

i sell every day on ebay,mostly just the crap that dealers wont look at.i often list british pennies etc on there with a starting price of .99p with just 1 photo so its free most s&h here is £1.36 so i charge £1.50 this will cover any small fees i will get.
its a high risk with anything worth more as i have often found out,i put up a 1919h penny up with a starting price of .99 and it sold for just £3.50 a loss to me of about £7.00 but then again i once put a lot of 50 pennies all in poor/good condition on and got a bid of £20.52 so i made a good amount from something that no dealer anywhere would have even looked at.
paypal to me is a rip-off not ebay !!

bigdeals_au

Yeah but paypal is an ebay company, so what's the difference? rip-off is an ebay culture. the good old days of ebay are gone. ebay today has too many rules policies and hard to use seller tool that puts many off

GDJMSP

Hmmmmm, let me get this straight. You guys all think that ebay, or any company of your choice, should provide you and everybody else with a way to reach potential buyers all over the world, providing you with a marketplace that is unsurpassed, and they should provide you with a way for all those potential buyers to pay for their purchases instantly meaning you never have to wait for your money or worry about cashing checks or money orders without you ever leaving your house let alone going to the bank - and you think they should do all this for what ? For free ?

Please - any one of you go find me the place or company that allows you to do any of this, at any price, let alone for free.

And by the way - what did any of you do, how did you sell your coins - before ebay existed ?

With all due respect, you need to wake up and smell the coffee. You've never had it so good.

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djbuna

GDJMSP SAID: "And by the way - what did any of you do, how did you sell your coins - before ebay existed ?

With all due respect, you need to wake up and smell the coffee. You've never had it so good. "

...and I agree!!!

Siggi Palma

I just started to sell on ebay about a month ago, I had so many warnings about using ebay. I must say i´m surprized how well things have gone. Sure some coins have not sold for the price I thoght I would get but still not very far from it. I got some advice from people that made my selling safer and what I have found is that some coins are just not that popular and will not sell for alot and others are something people will fight over. I would think that is how the buisness goes in every buisness. I do some research on the coins I want to sell. If I see many bids on other coins I put it up if not I just keep it for later.

All in all ebay and paypal have been good to me and no problems at all with buyers. Ebay has given me a tool to work with and no its up to me to find out what sells and what does not sell.

Customer service did a good job answering a question I asked.

Siggi

bigdeals_au

Yeah. ebay customer service is nothing but a machine, all e-mails were sent with scripts without emotions. i believe most collectors like me will prefer to buy from human beings not machines like ebay which is inhuman. in auction, there is such thing as suspension or block. you pay i sell, i sell you buy, anyone who pays get to buy/sell. inhuman ebay just discriminate anyone whom the system deems a violation of policy. human interations banzai!