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Message:: [QUOTE="Phil Ham, post: 486269, member: 5787"]I've been buying coins on ebay for several years.  I can say that I have only one bad experience for a coin that I purchased for just $1.  I never bid on items from newbies or ones with ratings below 99%.  I like it when they show good pictures and explain any issues with the coin.  I don't mind a grade from the seller but would recommend that you caveat it with a statement indicating that you're not a professional grader.  I don't like a seller who won't accept paypal.  It is a pain in the ass to have to send a check and wait for it to clear before I get my coin(s) and it adds another $0.42 and a trip to the mailbox.  Also, I like quick delivery and I like it when the seller provides immediate feedback upon my prompt payment and not waiting for my feedback.  I've only left one negative feedback for hundreds of transactions and it was the $1 coin that the seller claimed got lost in the mail.  Furthermore, she never refunded my back my buck.  I was able to retract a bid once when a seller was trying to sell a fake 1914-D penny.  It was an altered 1944-D penny that another bidder alerted me to.  I complained to the seller and I noticed that a newbie (I think the seller under a different name) bid up the coin.  I immediately notified ebay and they removed the seller and the posting from ebay the next day.[/QUOTE]