Came across this auction with a minute or two to go: Barber, Mercury Dime 90% Silver 5 Dime Lot It was sitting just under $100. "For FIVE DIMES?", I thought to myself -- "okay, what's so special?" Well, that became clear pretty quickly. Check out the 1908, and the FSB 1916. By the time I'd convinced myself that this would be a good gamble, the auction was over. I'm still not sure these photos are enough to have justified the plunge, but it feels like a missed opportunity. Other opinions?
$108.30 alone for those beauties is worth it. The other dimes are just icing on the cake. So yes it is a great deal.
missed out on more then a few auctions some due to lack of funds others for taking too long deciding doesn't matter why you missed the boat, you missed it. The good part is there will always be another auction tommorow and who knows what treasure you will find there. Heck just this week lost a coin I really wanted and would have paid consideraly more then what it sold for but I fell asleep at the keyboard (again hehe) now that's painful (key prints on the forhead not help either)
Yeah, I learned early not to obsess over missing auction opportunities. There's so very much stuff out there that there's no way to review more than a tiny subset. If it were easier to find the underpriced gems, more people would find them, and the prices would rise to normal levels. It's sort of like a lottery, except that when you don't win you aren't out any money.
Yeah, I don't know. With those pics, how do know those coins haven't been dipped or whizzed? And the seller doesn't accept returns. I wouldn't have touched it.
Try bidnapper. You may not win but you can do smart bidding by sett your top price and then forgetting about it. You can watch the auctions there and see if you want to increase your bid as well. My "win percentage" has gone up about 50% since I started using it. www.bidnapper.com
Oh, I use a sniping tool if I see the auction early enough. This one came up in an "ending soon" listing, and I just didn't have time to react. You can never tell everything from a photo. The Barber looks a lot better than the normal run of eBay coins, but yeah, it could've been abused. So, yeah, you can lose money in this "lottery".
I don't mind bad pics if the seller has a return policy. But bad pics plus no returns equals fishy in my book.
Couple that with low feedback for the seller and poor description/title for the item, they can also turn into good buys' since those items often go for bargain. All 4 of common mistakes made by novice sellers' but the trick is separating the novice from fraudulent sellers'.
