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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3333501, member: 76086"]Well. Ebay is a different animal completely from all other venues. In the 'old days' it used to be 'pay to play', in other words to list an item for sale it cost you money. That meant that you needed to know a little bit about what you were selling. If it cost you several dollars or so to list a coin you really had to price it carefully because otherwise you would lose a lot of money very quickly listing over-priced coins. Now of course it is just the opposite. Anyone can list a coin for whatever price they wish and completely for free. There is absolutely no risk to the seller or to Ebay. The risk is entirely borne by the buyer. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think just about everything has been said about this already. My suggestion would be that if anyone is looking at an Ebay item with BIN attributes to just offer what you are willing to pay and nothing else (maybe even less). There are some legitimate sellers there, but few that know pricing (or maybe they are playing the game, its just a new way of doing business perhaps).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3333501, member: 76086"]Well. Ebay is a different animal completely from all other venues. In the 'old days' it used to be 'pay to play', in other words to list an item for sale it cost you money. That meant that you needed to know a little bit about what you were selling. If it cost you several dollars or so to list a coin you really had to price it carefully because otherwise you would lose a lot of money very quickly listing over-priced coins. Now of course it is just the opposite. Anyone can list a coin for whatever price they wish and completely for free. There is absolutely no risk to the seller or to Ebay. The risk is entirely borne by the buyer. I think just about everything has been said about this already. My suggestion would be that if anyone is looking at an Ebay item with BIN attributes to just offer what you are willing to pay and nothing else (maybe even less). There are some legitimate sellers there, but few that know pricing (or maybe they are playing the game, its just a new way of doing business perhaps).[/QUOTE]
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