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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;claycad, post: 1157725, member: 17987&quot;]My first few auctions ended today. I used good pictures, especially since they were for low grade coins. I was actually surprised that my 1858 flying eagle sold. You could barely make out the outline of the eagle, and the date was legible but barely and the rest of the words on the coin were completely gone with many imperfections in the coin. I posted three good photos, one obverse, one reverse and one an extreme close up of the date to show that it was visible. I only got $3.50 plus $1.00 shipping out of it, which to me was good because the coin was nothing but a cull IMO, not even good enough for a filler. But the buyer should know exactly what they got from the high quality photos of it and the fact that I explicitly said it was a very poor quality coin in the description. </p><p><br /></p><p>I want to strive for 100% positive feedback so I want the buyers to know exactly what they are getting and I also plan to offer a 7 day return policy to give buyers peace of mind. From now on I am going to use a flat bed scanner when possible for my photos. I think the details are better and the colors more true to life. As was previously discussed in the thread, I will now also upload pictures to picasaweb and past the HTML code to view the pictures in the ebay description box. This will allow me to put multiple high quality photos without having to pay the ebay fees of putting multiple pictures, savings, although small, will be passed on to the buyers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure about free shipping as of yet. I am selling low grade coins that I don&#039;t expect to get much money out of. I feel that people probably won&#039;t be willing to bid a dollar or two more for the item that has free shipping opposed to one that has $1.50 shipping. I think they would bid the same amount regardless of the shipping fee (as long as the fee is fair and not overpriced) Maybe I&#039;m wrong, but I&#039;m also not charging more to ship an item then it actually costs me in postage and supplies. When I begin to sell higher priced item I will probably include free shipping, but I want to get more feedback as a seller before selling more expensive items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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