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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rsand, post: 1607244, member: 40749&quot;]I use ebay for both buying and selling. Low volume, I&#039;ve sold maybe 200 coins since I started about 4 months ago. You know, selling $2 wheaties and then buying $40 IHCs... don&#039;t tell my wife! There&#039;s no retailer in my area where you can walk in and see a display of coins as far as I&#039;ve found. Other than the Baltimore coin show last November, last time I bought a coin from a display case was 30 years ago. I&#039;ve heard that people also transact over craigslist, but the one time I tried selling on craigslist I basically just was contacted by other local sellers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are auction sites like teletraders any good? I haven&#039;t explored other online coin trading venues for either buying or selling, would welcome others experiences. I gather that for someone with such modest sales goals like myself it isn&#039;t cost effective for selling. Of course even ebay isn&#039;t really - its almost like a drug pusher. &quot;Hey, here&#039;s 50 free listings, try it! It&#039;ll make you feel good....!&quot; :devil:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Then you realize that you don&#039;t get bids on your coins like the volume sellers with stores and adverts and the whole bit and end up selling some pre-64 coins for below spot. Well now maybe its worthwhile to pay the .20 to have a start bid over .99 or .50 for a buy-it-now with OBO. You get one free re-list then they start dinging you for .10 - if your $4 item doesn&#039;t sell, tick tick tick, -.10, -.10, -.10. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone have any solutions? I&#039;ve never spoken to a real dealer about consigning coins, but just the word &quot;consignment&quot; smells of -40% retail. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like there should really be a dedicated online marketplace for coin traders of all shapes and sizes, where reputable dealers can make a fair profit, small traders can get fair market value connecting with other like minded traders or collectors, collectors can get fair deals without fending off sharks, shady sellers with photoshopped <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or counterfiet <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> coins... oh ****, am I now whining ITS NOT FAIR? I&#039;ve become my 3-yr-old!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>HNY everyone :smile</p><p><br /></p><p>-Richard</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. who&#039;s Tim?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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