Ebay Alternatives

I have bought a lot of coins off of ebay and have seen a lot of other sites mentioned on here that one might look for coin auctions. just wanted to ask so i might find them all in one place. where else is there? Thanks

 

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because they want to find that "deal" a 1909-S VDB for a $1

 

I stopped using Ebay for coin purchases several years ago. It's too much like shopping at a garage sale where all you are allowed to see are doctored photographs of the merchandise before paying.

No thanks.

 

I see your point and totally agree for coins that are not slabbed. However, I think those slabbed by PCGS, NGC can be safely bought especially from sellers that have sold thousands of coins and have a 100% feedback rating.

 

CoinSpace Auctions

edited I was a previous eBay buyer and seller for years so I know how important it is to feel as secure as possible when buying and selling coins on line.

edited - sorry, but you cannot promote your own sites

 

Two things you have to remember, I am disabled and pretty much homebound so going to shops is out of the question. The other factor is that I only buy cheap stuff that is in original government packaging.
Before anyone says anything I know that modern day proof sets can be tampered with and coins changed. Except for the newest ones, it would be next to impossible to tamper with mint sets. But, if some one wants to go through the effort to switch coins in a $15.00 proof set then they can have at it.
Mainly, the reason I asked was just due to the fact that I get bored and like to look at other sites where there are coins.:eating:

 

I have had a good experience with Teletrade and I believe that it is an auction site much like EBAY. The one negative and maybe someone else can shed light on this, there seems to be a rather high fee schedule there. I would check it out as well as Heritage because like many others in this group I don't like Ebay unless you can develop a relationship with a good seller that you can depend on as honest.

 

Well if you're interested in ancient stuff at all, there's always VAuctions and the auctions at Forvm Ancient Coins.

 

Well, I'm a moderator on edited

 

I say exactly to that one. Still I'd rather go to a coin show.

 

AHHH, another advertiser. Possibly what you say is true and that web site may be growing. However, isn't that true of the many, many coin web sites? Don't most of them have a buy/sell section? Don't most of them contain members of other forums? So why would this one be different when it comes to purchasing a coin from someone you don't know? On line you talk to someone in a different state or even country that you don't no, never will know, so what is the difference there? Aren't all web sites composed of people you really don't know? How can you get to know someone on a web site? If that is possible, then just look at ebay and you could do the same, get to know someone by reading what they are selling?????

 

Sorry you feel like that about every website Just Carl. If you want to come and see for yourself well good, if not that's good too. The message wasn't directed only for "Just Carl" but your opinion is also well respected and accepted. Unfortunately not everyone goes or even have coin shows and dealers and so prefer or have only the option of shopping and selling online! So, who ever is interested, come and look for yourself.
Oh and, please don't hurt my feelings by calling me an "advertiser" as I am only giving my opinion just like you kid. :secret:

 

The thread was titled Ebay Alternatives wouldn't any post mentioning another site be a form of advertising? But obviously you feel offended by it so please accept my appologies on behalf of CoinSpace and any of it's members however the post was just in response to the original thread.

 

I think Ebay is the worst... sadly they have the lock down on the internet market. Other options are-
Apmex
Local coin guy
craigslist
coin shows
others im forgetting

 

Did I do something wrong by my post? If I did please tell me so I will not do it again. I love this forum and would not do anything intentionally to be otside the rules???

 

Dealer Websites

I was reading through all the "eBay alternatives" posts and realized that maybe all of the reputable coin dealer sites I have bookmarked in IE might be useful. Folks, if you dislike eBay, buy online from dealers you know and trust. You might get better prices, since eBay's high fees force us to mark coins up more than on our own sites. Anyway ... these are some reputable, high-quality companies that I know personally and have dealt with in many cases. I'm sure there are many more, but these are the ones I happen to have bookmarked. Other collectors/dealers should feel free to append other firms to this list.
http://www.apmex.com/ American Precious Metals Exchange
http://www.angeldees.com/home.htm Angel Dee's
http://www.harlanjberk.com/ Harlan J Berk
http://rarecoingallery.com/ Jeff Garrett's Mid-American Rare Coin Gallery
http://www.southgatecoins.com/ Rusty Goe's Southgate Coins--CC Specialist
http://www.collectorscorner.com/ Certified Coin Exchange
http://www.davidhall.com/ David Hall Rare Coins
http://www.davidlawrence.com/ David Lawrence Rare Coins & Currency
http://coins.ha.com/ Heritage Auction Galleries-Coins
http://www.indiancent.com/ Eagle Eye Rare Coins-Rick Snow
http://www.hlrc.com/ Harry Laibstain Rare Coins
http://www.legendcoin.com/ Legend Numismatics
http://www.longislandrarecoins.com/ Long Island Rare Coins & Currency
http://lynncoins.com/ Lynn Coins
http://bullion.nwtmint.com/ Northwest Territorial Mint
http://www.pandaamerica.com/index002d.asp Panda America
http://www.pinnacle-rarities.com/ Pinnacle Rarities
http://www.ricoins.com/ R and I Coins
http://www.sedwickcoins.com/ Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
http://www.sheridanscoins.com/index.html Sheridan Downey-Bust Half Specialist
http://www.stacks.com/ Stack's
http://www.steveestes.com/cgi-bin/newsite Steve Estes P.N., Inc.
http://www.reedededge.com/ The Reeded Edge

I hope this list helps some of the collectors who don't have many local coins shops or shows. Good luck. :hail:

 

Here is a list of auction companies compiled on another forum. I have used some of these successfully myself, but as the caution says "your experience may differ".
Heritage
Stacks
Ira and Larry Goldberg
Ebay
Bowers and Merena
Teletrade
David Lawrence
Smythe Online
Coins at Auction
Auction Zip
Morphy-Legend Auctions