Any eBay success stories out there??

Great thread.

The only two that I remember are:
1982 S Barber quarter, $2.50, they did not mention the S mintmark. (G-4)

and

1864 L Indian in VF-30. $46.52 with postgae.

 

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See! :goof: Frank was one of the ones finding the stuff I was also finding but he out sniped me.

Ribbit

 

I have had quite a few success stories on ebay. Most often they entail finding a coin there at a reasonable price that I could not find any where else. I call getting a good deal not paying too much (or under expected price) and not having problems along the way, a success story...and that is almost every transaction. There was a time when I would get bidding frenzy...now I know that if I miss it, another will come along most likely and if it doesnt...oh well.

I would say successes far out weigh the bad experiences but then again...on the whole, I only deal with a handful of sellers on my favorites list.

 

Absolutely. Picked up a GSA 1885-CC that looked very nice other than a few minor tics on the device and a tiny amount of chatter in the fields. Paid just over $600, sent it in to PCGS and got it back with a MS-66 grade. I like bidding on GSA Carsons as their is little question of their authenticity when they are in the government slabs.

 

Recently picked up a $5 lib for about $375, just came back from PCGS as MS63.

 

Yes, I still buy and sell from many places and people. Sometimes you win some and sometimes you lose some. Win mostly but it's a hobby.

 

Ebay is great for buyers, terrible for sellers!

I have been on both sides of the ebay fence. I sold a few hundred items and also purchased a few hundred items. All I can say is that ebay is a great for the buyer. The insane selling fees however make it tough for a seller.

On a regular basis, I have been able to get silver proof sets for less than the silver value. I was also able to get a large lot of Canadian large cents for an unbelievable low price, that included the first one (1858) and many, many other key dates. I paid less for all 86 cents then the 1858 is worth!

On the seller end.... It is difficult to make any money. Take 18% off the sale price, and thats what your left with. Thats why there are so many "gimmiks" used to sell coins. Like, "lot of unsearched shotgun rolled wheat cents with indian head showing". Stuff like that.

 

Same Here, Some that I do good on I let others go a little cheaper.

 

Here is a deal I can SCREAM for :goofer:

Purchased this around my birthday (13/30) last year.
$150 for this thing, which is full retail. I could easily get double that.

Seller's Scanned Photos:





And can I get an amen for Todd Pollack's photos?

 

I recently sold a circulated 1921 Morgan for $78 bucks!!!

 

I just posted an article in another thread about "My Favorite Things" and this story is mentioned in that article. It happened when I was first getting into pennies.

I bought an unc 1873 Closed 3 that I had won off Ebay for $110. It was a beautiful coin, probably MS64 RB, and at that time I didn’t know much about the double Liberty. Right after the auction ended, I received an email from another Ebayer offering to buy it for an additional $100. I told him I would have to wait until I had the coin in hand to see it for myself before I would sell it. That email made me suspicious, so I decided to take a good close look at the coin when I got it to see why this guy was eager to pay so much more for it. So as soon as the coin arrived, I pulled out my Flynn variety book (I didn’t have Rick’s books back then) and compared this coin to all the 1873 varieties, and, yes, I'm sure you guessed it, it was the double die variety – unfortunately, not the Type 1, but almost as good - it was the Type 2 variety with most of the letters in Liberty strongly doubled. Of course I hooted and yelped and was so excited that my family wondered what was going on. I can sincerely say that that was the moment my husband and kids finally understood the true value of a penny! Any way, a short time later, I took this coin to the Long Beach show and ended up selling it raw for $2,000. Well, fast forward many years later.

I recently saw this 1873 S-2 on Rick's website, and I'd swear it was the same coin I sold all those years ago. So, of course, I just had to have it - and now I do, and this is a photo of my old/new 1873 S-2!

 

If I can win a 1970's 1-oz Coca-Cola silver art bar auction on ebay for $31 or less, then I will consider that an ebay sucess story. So far I have been outbid on the last 3 ebay auction bids on the Coca-Cola silver art bars. $31 is the highest price that I am willing to pay for a Coca-Cola silver art bar on ebay and that includes shipping costs. $4 over spot silver is the highest price that I am willing to pay for any '70's silver art bar that is not a Coca-Cola art bar and that includes shipping costs.

 

^^

i wish you didn't mention a coke art bar. i collect limited edition coke and pepsi products(mostly pepsi though).

now i need one of those! its perfect for me..

thanks, i should have never looked at this thread :computer:.

(really though, thanks i would have never even thought of something like this because pm bars are not normally something i look at)

 

I have not had much luck on Ebay. Not that I have gotten junk, I just keep getting outbid! I try to stay off ebay though because I don't have enough money to look around on there. It's not hard to me to find things I want....it IS hard to pay for them!

I have purchased two coins on ebay, a 1914 D quarter and a 1929 cent.

If I had known of Arizona Jack's existance at the time I bought the cent, I would have bought it from him instead, as I could have gotten a higer grade at a lower price than I paid. At that time though I had never heard of him, so I paid a little more. It's no big deal because it cost me only about $8, with the shipping (which cost more than the coin).

And, oddly enough, earlier this year I got a 1929 in a roll that was better than the one I bought.

EDIT: My biggest problem with ebay however has been not being able to find some of the obscure world coinage I have been looking for. Some of the stuff I want to add to my collection is modern stuff, and the book value on some of them is below 50 cents even in uncirculated condition. I think the people who have them don't think they are worth listing (ebay or traditional sellers!) so they are very hard to find.

 

i almost won 4 pcgs graded ms65 andrew jackson dollars. they were some kinda variety and first day of issue. the variety was "position B".

there was one bid for 99 cents, so i waited(stupid). i bid $2.50, and the original person had there max at $2.75, by the time i could bid $3.00 it was over. shipping was $3.75. so for $6.75, i could have gotten all 4. i needed one for my set, and even selling the others for a $2 would have been worth it, as i would have got them for $1.70...

i know they aint worth much but the extras could have been decent trade bait towards other coins. or i could have had 3 contests here.

moral of the story.. don't be cheap and wait last minute debating on spending $6!

 

As a variety collector of Lincoln Cents I'm pleased overall with my Ebay purchases. This is my big success story so far though:

1955-DDO-001