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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 7806304, member: 75936&quot;]I concur with most of what has been mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay is a buyer&#039;s market - but as a buyer, you need to know what you&#039;re doing (ie how to spot a fake) and have a lot of perseverance as you sift through pages of pure garbage and fakes, until you find a gem. I participate in eBay auctions with last second &quot;sniper&quot; bids, and often land a great coin for a price well below retail. There&#039;s lots of people doing this, which should tell you why selling coins on eBay isn&#039;t profitable.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Btw Collectors unfamiliar with a particular coin series should avoid eBay. I love Russian roubles, but i can&#039;t tell a novodel from the real thing, so I only buy these from full service dealers. I&#039;m much more confident with my knowledge of Roman imperial coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for selling coins - i still use eBay to sell coins that I&#039;m upgrading, happy to get a little money back for them. Unless you&#039;re a well known dealer, eBay isn&#039;t likely to be profitable for you. However, it&#039;s just not worth it to consign these coins to Roma or CNG, who charge high photography fees per coin, plus fees to both seller and buyer. You&#039;ll probably make more money using eBay. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I would not use eBay to sell valuable coins. I&#039;m particularly paranoid about selling to overseas customers, with the risk of the coin being seized by customs, due to the ever-changing cultural property laws. In this scenario, I&#039;ll likely lose the coin and the money - as eBay will likely refund the buyer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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