Who here uses Heritage?

I've noticed some people say they love it. I've been looking around there a little.

Does anybody not like it? And I was wondering, when it shows the prices paid for the previous coins sold, that isn't with the buyer's premium tacked on is it? If it says 300.00 than somebody paid 345?

Has anybody done the live bidding? Is it necessary? Are there a lot of people on HA? Has anyone gotten any steals? I'm going to start watching it a little more. I may try it out a few times and see how I like it, although it seems more complicated than Ebay.

 

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I have placed a few bids, lost them all, but I am conserving $$$ for the Baltimore sale.

It took a few to get used to the site, but I'm liking it now as I learn to use the tools they provide.

 

I have had good luck with Heritage in my limited use of the site. I have successfully bought a coin or two during the Live Auction and I have bought a coin on the "Make An Offer" feature for coins that did not sell at auction.

 

Historical prices include buyer's premium.

I have not bid through HA yet, but have watched a few of theirs live at shows.

 

Since I don't know you, I'll assume you may not know me and I will start by saying I am a Heritage employee.

Yes, there are some people who don't like our website, but most of that comes from lack of internet experience, or lack of experience with our site compared to other venused like eBay, or from something personal that causes them to dislike HA in general.

When a coin is listed in our archives as "sold" then the price show includes the BP. If it says $345 then that was exactly what they paid (plus a nominal shipping cost if we shipped it to them) and the hammer price was $300.

Live bidding is not necessary. Many of our coins sell to internet bidders who placed their bids via our website prior the the close of online bidding.

There are a ton of people on HA.com. Directly from the HA.com website:

In an average auction we have thousands of unique bidders, which gennerally keeps there from being any "steals" though occasionally things slip through, it is rare occurance though.

It is a little more complex than eBay, but we are a full service auction house instead of an online parking lot. By that I mean we play a role in the sale and delivery of your won/sold items that eBay does not for items sold in their venue. On eBay you are dealing with thousands of people who may be there or gone tomorrow whereas with Heritage you have the backing of a company with years of experience as the largest numismatic firm in the world.

Give it a shot, if it doesn't work out pass, but it might be an opportunity to add some nice pieces to your collection.

 

Thanks TCT. Very helpful.

 

I don't like it because they have very little Canadian Coinage, and I am not interested in American stuff. The site itself is a little confusing to use, and I am very used to navigating the internet.

 

I use Heritage for almost all of my coin purchases. I bid every week. I concentrate on CC morgans and gold coins. I have also bid a lot of other coins and currency many years ago but don't look for those any more.

I say on a scale of 1-10 they are definately a 10. But you gotta know how to read and compare their previous paid charts vs. their claim of value.

 

i must say its quite true for American coins

 

even if i lived to be 10000 i wouldnt get the coins i wanted and this is straight from Heritage

 

agree, thumbs up for heritage

 

Heritage always has worked for me, but, as said above, don't pay much attention to the price graphs. Those graphs include 'problem' specimens and can be skewed. But its nice to partake a bidding environment where not everything gets sniped at $1 above your max bid.

 

says who i just won one with $1 but i lost one with less than 50 ( a 4000 $ coin) so it evened out

 

Heritage is great. Those charts they have are useless, I never read them.

Heritage is nice because they carry many key dates in the $50-$250 range. And they have the widest selection of material. David Lawrence and Teletrade are similar, but they have less of a selection in most series.

Bowers & Merena and Stacks are great too, but they carry more expensive coins, which are usually out of my price range.

 

strange i always though IRA and B&W had more of a selection for foreign coins maybe its just my field anyway less competition there

 

How did you move your bid up to hit just $1 over the other bidder's max?

 

i cant share my all my secrets can i?

 

you have to guess the max bidders actual max bid and add a dollar