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<p>[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1403354, member: 23626"]I have a few coins that might be hard to establish a value on. Some dealers would place it at few hundred dollars while others might consider them much much higher. The problem is there are no recent sales records of them. Today the value might be much different than several years ago. I would list those (if I ever thought to sell) on a make offer basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do imagine every seller has a different reason. Some might want to get more than it's worth. Others may not want to "give away" the item to a low ball bid at auction. Auctions are great, providing the person who would want your coin happens to see it when it's being listed. But I personally have sold some things way below their value simply because I believe the other bidders just didn't happen to notice the items.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you see something offered at "make offer", why not offer what you would be willing to spend less a little. I would make a first offer a bit lower, because I always suspect the condition when looking at the eBay photos. The ones I seem to get are often a lower grade than one might think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just sayin'[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1403354, member: 23626"]I have a few coins that might be hard to establish a value on. Some dealers would place it at few hundred dollars while others might consider them much much higher. The problem is there are no recent sales records of them. Today the value might be much different than several years ago. I would list those (if I ever thought to sell) on a make offer basis. I do imagine every seller has a different reason. Some might want to get more than it's worth. Others may not want to "give away" the item to a low ball bid at auction. Auctions are great, providing the person who would want your coin happens to see it when it's being listed. But I personally have sold some things way below their value simply because I believe the other bidders just didn't happen to notice the items. But if you see something offered at "make offer", why not offer what you would be willing to spend less a little. I would make a first offer a bit lower, because I always suspect the condition when looking at the eBay photos. The ones I seem to get are often a lower grade than one might think. Just sayin'[/QUOTE]
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