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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;claycad, post: 1164480, member: 17987&quot;]I&#039;m new to selling on ebay as well. I purchased a postal scale at wal mart for $24, you could probably buy one cheaper online, but I didn&#039;t want to wait to receive it. The investment I think will pay for itself overtime. I have been printing my shipping labels on paypal which offers a discount. A confirmation number is also only .19 cents on paypal (which is required anyway) so it gives me a piece of mind knowing somebody can&#039;t say they didn&#039;t receive the coin. To ship on paypal is only $1.22 which include the price of the confirmation number for a package that is 1oz or less (you have to put a min. of 1oz) This also saves a trip to the post office since they can be dropped in any mail box or handed to a carrier. Between the small discount and the time and travel to the post office, I think the $24 scale will pay for itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use the #000 size envelopes with bubble wrap inside. you can order these in bulk on amazon in lots of 250 or 500 for 11 cents and 8 cents respectively or buy packs of 10 at wal mart for about $4.50 (comes to 45 cents an envelope) if you don&#039;t want to buy the bulk. i reuse packaging when I can, but I try to make it a habit to sell more then I buy so I often have to use new envelopes. For a single coin I will use a paper envelope with cardboard inside, but I still print the shipping label through paypal instead of using a stamp, so the shipping cost is the same, you just save a little on the materials. I do this mainly because I want the confirmation number.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use my scanner for pictures because to me it seems to provide the most true to life color. You can also upload pictures to photobucket and post pictures in the description area of the listing by using the photobucket HTML links. This saves on ebay fees of posting multiple pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the length, I usually do 5 or 7 days. This gives more time for people to find your item. I try to end my auctions on a saturday or sunday night (I don&#039;t know if this is true, but I read somewhere that this is when most people surf ebay, again, I&#039;ve never really researched this, but it may be worth finding out if its true). I suppose doing a 1 or 3 days auction might have some advantages as well, since people might do an impulse buy and not have time to think about it. I always offer a 7 day return policy, so I don&#039;t want people to impulsively buy a coin then return it after having some buyers remorse. </p><p><br /></p><p>I too have a low rating, so am currently only selling low grade inexpensive coins (as well as other low priced items) simply so people will be less hesitant to order them. Once I get over 100 feedback reviews I plan to then start selling more expensive items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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