Hey guys, I'm interested in a coin on eBay. Not sure how to read the listing price/bid: $199.00+ $4.95 Shipping 0 bids | Ends in Est. Delivery Wed, Mar 10 So, is $199.00 a Buy it Now price? It has 0 bids and 1 day left. Thanks in advance!
No - 199.00 is the opening bid to get the auction started...and if someone makes that bid the best offer option ends.
Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/324498879570 There is no "buy it now" button, so it is simply a coin where the minimum bid is $199, OR you can make an offer less than that and they will tell you if it is accepted or not. But if you bid the $199, you are locked into paying that price unless you are outbid.
Probably started the minimum too high. If you look at the last couple that have sold... $140, $163, $183. Granted, this may be a better quality piece, and you have no way of knowing what others 'may' have offered, but there are others at around $199 on the 'bay as well, so no rush to commit.
If you're happy at $199, offer $180 and see if they take it, because with only a day left, they may be relisting it at a slightly lower price anyway in a day or so...
I'm not. It's not certified and the photos are too poor to determine condition and authenticity (purposely poor, perhaps?).
It's not a TPG slab, so no reason to not take it out to get better photos . . . unless the seller wants inexperienced buyers to think it's a certified coin. There's a lot about this posting that would scare me away.
When "Make an offer" appears in a listing, it generally means the seller is willing to consider selling the item for less than the opening bid price. Therefore, I would offer a fair price and not a low-ball one which will probably be ignored. 10% to 15% less than the min. bid seems reasonable to me if you think $199 is a decent price.
Missed the slab issue. @Mkm5 I would contact seller and ask for full photos of slab before making an offer.