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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;marid3, post: 1362516, member: 35968&quot;]Ebay is a great marketplace - because there are so many buyers and sellers, the price you pay is close to what you might sell it for (minus shipping).&nbsp; This is good because it means that you won&#039;t overpay like we did 20 years ago, because the margins are small, and overhead is less.&nbsp; (that&#039;s good if you&#039;re a buyer, bad if you were the local coin/flea market seller).&nbsp; The bad news is you don&#039;t often get good deals either.&nbsp; So buy a coin because you want it, not for the deal.&nbsp; </p><p>Having said that, there are a couple of tips for ebay:</p><p>- find auctions that end at odd hours, where few people will be watching/bidding</p><p>- find coins mis-listed (a quarter listed under the half-dollar category), as they&#039;ll see fewer bidders, and go cheaper.&nbsp; </p><p>- create a custom search, looking for auctions that end within one hour, auction only, with zero bidders - you may find someone listed something with no reserve, and no one bid on it.&nbsp; This generally only happens for auctions above - that end at very odd days/hours and were mis-listed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that helps - happy coin collecting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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