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<p>[QUOTE="SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2862440, member: 86795"]eBay makes it nearly impossible to make money on low ticket items in general. As an example, say you offer a Morgan Dollar, common date, for $20, a fair price. eBay is going to take 10%, PaypPal 2.9 % + 30 cents, and shipping with Tracking will add $2.61. That's $5.49, leaving you 14.51. Melt today puts it at $13.24.</p><p><br /></p><p>This doesn't make eBay evil though. They deserve SOMETHING for putting your item in front of what generally amounts to thousands of potential buyers. Plus, they give you a secure online payment interface with PayPal. We never seem to appreciate the value of that, especially in this day and age, as it is rather taken for granted. </p><p><br /></p><p>And face it, $2.61 to ship a $20 item is silly. But, we do not trust each other, as many buyers without tracking will claim they "never got it."</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, it's still cheaper to sell online than to mortgage your soul and get a brick and mortar, then be a slave to the clock and calendar to be there from open to close waiting for the little bells to chime when someone crosses the threshhold, and hopefully without a gun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2862440, member: 86795"]eBay makes it nearly impossible to make money on low ticket items in general. As an example, say you offer a Morgan Dollar, common date, for $20, a fair price. eBay is going to take 10%, PaypPal 2.9 % + 30 cents, and shipping with Tracking will add $2.61. That's $5.49, leaving you 14.51. Melt today puts it at $13.24. This doesn't make eBay evil though. They deserve SOMETHING for putting your item in front of what generally amounts to thousands of potential buyers. Plus, they give you a secure online payment interface with PayPal. We never seem to appreciate the value of that, especially in this day and age, as it is rather taken for granted. And face it, $2.61 to ship a $20 item is silly. But, we do not trust each other, as many buyers without tracking will claim they "never got it." Bottom line, it's still cheaper to sell online than to mortgage your soul and get a brick and mortar, then be a slave to the clock and calendar to be there from open to close waiting for the little bells to chime when someone crosses the threshhold, and hopefully without a gun.[/QUOTE]
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