Someone offering these on Craigslist in my area for $200...what do you think? Nero, Gordian III and Constantine the Great
The coins are fairly nice and the price, while on the high side, isn't that bad. Compare to current Vcoins offerings. If you like the coins, it's a reasonably good opportunity. If you're just lukewarm about the coins and are just wanting a bargain, pass.
TIF has the big question here. I like all three of the types shown and the examples seem better than many. $200 is full retail but you could do worse. If you are not into the four emperors shown on those three coins, you could buy a number of decent coins for less money and should buy something that interests you.
Thanks all, just saw these and was intrigued that Craigslist would have something like this. I'm not interested, but they said they would entertain offers less than $200 if someone wants me to offer for them.
The price could probably be haggled down quite a bit. I'm not a good haggler and I admire those who are.
Not bad coins, like the Nero especially - not really a bargain but they look authentic. Definitely pull the trigger if you want them.
Haggling would probably be a waste of time. Let the owner sell them to a dealer and see how close to his $200 he is offered. $70? For that, the coins would need to be seen in hand and not through photos. People with nice, genuine coins who are selling on Craigslist are more than likely dreaming they will get CNG prices with flea market services.
Not sure that this observation/sentiment is accurate. Whenever I've listed items on my local Craigslist, the responses have always been lower than my listing price. It's a good way to test the market price for the item you're selling. In most cases, I've ended up selling the item for a lower, negotiated price. It's certainly true that some sellers, especially less knowledgeable ones, will be adamant in their asking price. If so, just make them an offer you can live with and move on if they're not willing to negotiate.
One Craigslist I posted here had the admonition for people who knew about coins not to respond (he wanted 10X their value)
I am shocked that Ides would post coins on Craigslist. The small number of people who could tell a $10 denarius from a $1000 one would suggest it would be a place to lit the $10 ones for $100 and not caring that your actions is detrimental to the hobby.
I don't think meant he sells coins on Craig's List. Maybe household items or electronics or something.
This would be correct. I sold my 12-year-old Acura Integra GS-R in 2007 via Craigslist to a local buyer, and I've sold old electronic equipment (most recently an old MacBook Pro which took weeks and I had to lower the price about three times) on Craigslist as well. But the vast majority of my old, but still useful, paraphernalia is generally given to charities for their resale shops.
As a regular Craigslist seller of random objects, I always price fairly but expect haggling and pad my price a bit to allow for the unavoidable game to ensue. Your seller is probably no different. The only group of people who never seemingly haggle on Craigslist (if I can generalize) are younger people. Retail culture I guess.
