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<p>[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1027206, member: 17555"]The reason I usually sell on the bay is that there always exists the opportunity for an item to sell above retail value,, sometimes well above,, and you just won't get that from a dealer.</p><p>In general, the stuff I've sold on ebay does average around retail price, when averaged across everything I've ever sold on the bay'... less the fee's and what Doug says is on the button, I'm only clearing around ~5% more on the bay vs. going to a dealer and being done with it.... that said.</p><p>1 - 5% is 5%... and I'll walk a mile in the snow naked for 1%.... just me probably.</p><p>2 - I chased a barber half last night, way tooo far. An 1817 pcgs VF35, nice eye appeal, nice,,, not shocking. Redbook in VF20 is 150,, EF40 is 225.... I put in a bid of 300 and went off to watch the game..... this morning I checked ebay expecting to pay and saw that I had been outbid by two others and the coin had sold for 310 and change....... </p><p>.... that's the big difference in selling on ebay imo........ dealers just ain't that crazy !.... lol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1027206, member: 17555"]The reason I usually sell on the bay is that there always exists the opportunity for an item to sell above retail value,, sometimes well above,, and you just won't get that from a dealer. In general, the stuff I've sold on ebay does average around retail price, when averaged across everything I've ever sold on the bay'... less the fee's and what Doug says is on the button, I'm only clearing around ~5% more on the bay vs. going to a dealer and being done with it.... that said. 1 - 5% is 5%... and I'll walk a mile in the snow naked for 1%.... just me probably. 2 - I chased a barber half last night, way tooo far. An 1817 pcgs VF35, nice eye appeal, nice,,, not shocking. Redbook in VF20 is 150,, EF40 is 225.... I put in a bid of 300 and went off to watch the game..... this morning I checked ebay expecting to pay and saw that I had been outbid by two others and the coin had sold for 310 and change....... .... that's the big difference in selling on ebay imo........ dealers just ain't that crazy !.... lol.[/QUOTE]
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