Indian Head cent shotgun roll

OK all of your ebay sellers out there. What takes MORE time. listing an auction like this or opening a roll of Cents and looking at the dates?

 

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SOLD!!! $999.00. Someone has to much money to gamble with. Do people not know how easy it is to open those rolls and re-curl the ends??
Oh, I forgot he is "just trying to be completely honest". It says so right in the auction.

 

My god... Almost a thousand bucks for that garbage. What kind of idiot would waste that kind of money on stuff like this?:headbang:

 

check out the buyer's feedback for more ? stuff.

 

Shortgun roll vs hand-closed roll

So, it's pretty obvious that these "unsearched" rolls have most likely been searched - by someone (either the person selling the roll or the person he bought the coins from) so my big question is, why do "shortgun rolls" sell for a substantial premium on eBay over hand-rolled or loose coins? Is it all in expectations? I have some rolls of IHCs I want to sell, should I put them in a shotgun roll to make more (I would never say "unsearched"m but that doesn't seem to matter either from the auction histories - simply "shotgun roll")? What's the big difference?

 

If you're going to sell honestly the shotgun roll should not have much bearing on final bid.
I have shotgun rolls of straight date Memorial cent rolls. In that case it actually IS the thrill of the "hunt" for errors, primo examples etc.

A shotgun roll of Indians is nothing more that 50 Indians placed in a "shotgun" roll. Scammers put that nice coin on the end to get the "braindead" fired up. Unfortunately it works.

I recently sold a "Killer Roll" of Linconls. 43 different dates before 1939 including a nice VDB. I listed all of the dates in the roll and stated I'd toss in a few more to complete the roll. Basically what I sold was a decent "starter" set for $20.
Now had I been out to scam I would have placed them in a shotgun roll with the VDB showing and some cheesy title like "Possible SVDB?" knowing, of course, that it wasn't.

Would have put a lot more money in my pocket for sure. I could use the money but refuse to stoop to that level.

Bottom line. If you're going to sell rolls of Indians honestly why bother with a shotgun roll?

clembo