Lowball after lowball. I mean stupid crazy lowball offers. Use this for example: $350 offer and I pay shipping. Anyone else getting the same?
I mean that offer is a little bit low, but I wouldn't say it is egregiously low. Nice toning. Good plus for the reverse toning (kinda minus that is is reverse... obverse is plain). Common date, common variety.. both neutral. Weird grade in an ANACS holder... both minuses. Somewhere $400 +/- $50 is not unreasonable, I don't think. Whoever made the offer is shooting his shot and hoping for a great price, but I wouldn't call that a lowball.
12-25 Stacks sold one for $408 so fees and shipping I’d say $450-475 is a reasonable price. So $350 is low but not crazy. Selling is never fun.
Honestly, when I sell it is because I have moved on from the coin. I bought it for what I was willing to pay, I enjoyed it for what it was, and for how long I needed it. When I decide to sell a coin, I generally send it to auction and let the market decide where it belongs. Sometimes I make a profit and sometimes I don't. I find this the fairest way to sell a coin (and how I prefer to buy a new coin!). If I have an attachment to the coin, emotionally or financially, is when it is difficult to sell the coin no matter the price.
Lowballers have always been around. I have not seen more recently but the number of items I have listed is small.
In an ANACS slab - might be worth cracking it and sending it into NGC or PCGS. You would probably make up the diffence that would cost and it might even get a higher grade. I've had good luck with that sort of thing. But cracking it and sending it raw will probably get a better result than trying to get a crossover grade, expecially with an ANACS coin.
I agree while a little low dealers do have to make a profit no matter what. As for shipping I always expect to pay for that - even if going to auction. The one thing I usually do is determine if my coin or coins to sell are worth the cost of shipping for auction - expecting to pay the auction fees whatever they might be. So I think why send a $200 dollar coin to auction or just take it to the local shop and sell it. Get the money same day - plus the bonus of shopping for other raw gems they might have. PS - my local shop basically pays grey sheet for a coin graded coin. I do think I need to try great collections - I paid like 5% on heritage, but that was a batch of coins worthy of the reduction. It was also worth the wait to get the various checks.
If I saw the coin at $350, I would jump on it. At $400 I would think about it if I could see it in hand. It looks like a nice coin.
