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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 26422716, member: 19165"]And this is where amateurs very often lose track of what they are doing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Every cost must be considered: </p><p><br /></p><p>- shipping to receive</p><p>- time/labor to process/inventory/take pictures</p><p>- time/labor to list on ebay or wherever you are selling, or fill out paperwork for submitting to an auction house</p><p>- taking good pictures for selling</p><p>- shipping (and materials!) to send out</p><p>- fees for selling (Ebay takes a VERY large percentage of your sale price.... it virtually eliminates any profit unless you've gotten a steal on your deal)</p><p>- literally the time cost that it will take to sell your item... it might not sell very quickly</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not to discourage a seller... this is to make you aware that if you buy $125 of coins.... you need to expect that you will spend a decent percentage of that "profit" on the actual selling of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know this because I have done this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 26422716, member: 19165"]And this is where amateurs very often lose track of what they are doing. Every cost must be considered: - shipping to receive - time/labor to process/inventory/take pictures - time/labor to list on ebay or wherever you are selling, or fill out paperwork for submitting to an auction house - taking good pictures for selling - shipping (and materials!) to send out - fees for selling (Ebay takes a VERY large percentage of your sale price.... it virtually eliminates any profit unless you've gotten a steal on your deal) - literally the time cost that it will take to sell your item... it might not sell very quickly This is not to discourage a seller... this is to make you aware that if you buy $125 of coins.... you need to expect that you will spend a decent percentage of that "profit" on the actual selling of the coin. I know this because I have done this.[/QUOTE]
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