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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 5480054, member: 82549"]I sympathize. Ancient coins tend to be more expensive in Europe to begin with, but the cost of overseas shipping from the US has gotten very high. That plus the VAT has totally erased any savings you might have realized by buying from US eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started out as a bottom feeder, buying uncleaned coins, cleaning and IDing them, keeping the ones I liked and selling the rest on eBay. If I bought 10 uncleaned coins for $10 plus shipping, I might end up keeping two coins for my collection, one or two coins that were junk and unsaleable, and sell 6 or 7, earning enough money to recoup my original investment and maybe earn a little extra so that I could buy 12 coins next time. Those days are over. By the time you add in eBay fees, PayPal fees, increased shipping costs and sales tax, it's not longer worth the effort to sell or buy low end coins on eBay. The only solution I can think of is to buy bulk lots and hope you get a bunch of keepers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 5480054, member: 82549"]I sympathize. Ancient coins tend to be more expensive in Europe to begin with, but the cost of overseas shipping from the US has gotten very high. That plus the VAT has totally erased any savings you might have realized by buying from US eBay. I started out as a bottom feeder, buying uncleaned coins, cleaning and IDing them, keeping the ones I liked and selling the rest on eBay. If I bought 10 uncleaned coins for $10 plus shipping, I might end up keeping two coins for my collection, one or two coins that were junk and unsaleable, and sell 6 or 7, earning enough money to recoup my original investment and maybe earn a little extra so that I could buy 12 coins next time. Those days are over. By the time you add in eBay fees, PayPal fees, increased shipping costs and sales tax, it's not longer worth the effort to sell or buy low end coins on eBay. The only solution I can think of is to buy bulk lots and hope you get a bunch of keepers.[/QUOTE]
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