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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 145186, member: 5719&quot;]I think that with the usual &quot;caveat emptor&quot; (which applies everywhere!) there has been a large opportunity to sit back and review more coins from the comfort of one&#039;s home than would have been possible otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what this does in terms of the &quot;official&quot; price guidelines though.&nbsp; There are a lot of different things that can affect an eBay transaction that might not influence an over the counter buy or sell at a dealer; e.g. time of the auction, amount of interest, quality of description, quality of photos, reputation of seller (feedback), newness of seller, etc.&nbsp; But can&#039;t the same be said for live auctions and mail bids?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My/our personal experience with eBay with respect to coins has been limited mostly to &quot;window shopping&quot; but I see that hasn&#039;t stopped anyone else!&nbsp; The sheer volume of material listed at any one time is a bit overwhelming.&nbsp; Well, that&#039;s what searches are for.</p><p><br /></p><p>A sidebar:&nbsp; In my other hobby, by the way, the authors of the several price guides on collectible N Scale model trains have declared that eBay is not a legitmate venue for inclusion because there are too many variables including but not limited to mis-representation of condition.&nbsp; &nbsp; Interesting point of view, although not one I agree with.&nbsp; But then again I&#039;ve been a bit of a radical in that area anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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