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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1239782, member: 27832"]Lots of camping out on the "Buy It Now"/"newly listed" page will also net you some profit, if you're quick and decisive (and lucky). So will asking questions of people who list poorly-described or poorly-photographed lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit 1: <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D260828082782%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D260828082782%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">Mercury Head Dimes.1961 - 1945d</a></p><p><br /></p><p>76 Mercs at $2.50 each, when melt value was closer to $2.90 each -- and one of them was a 1921, AG, but still a nice filler. The lot also contained a couple of other better dates in nicer condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit 2: <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140586382729%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140586382729%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">75 Kennedy Half dollars</a></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140586382729%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140586382729%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>"I have a bag of 75 Kennedy half dollars ranging in years from 1964-1999." I send a message asking if there were many from the 1960's. No response for over a day, and then: "I have 20 ranging from 1964-1969". As it turned out, there was only one 1964 -- but that still brings the lot's total resale value to somewhere north of $130.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not especially fast at thinking or clicking, so I frequently miss deals much better than these. They are out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1239782, member: 27832"]Lots of camping out on the "Buy It Now"/"newly listed" page will also net you some profit, if you're quick and decisive (and lucky). So will asking questions of people who list poorly-described or poorly-photographed lots. Exhibit 1: [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D260828082782%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT"]Mercury Head Dimes.1961 - 1945d[/URL] 76 Mercs at $2.50 each, when melt value was closer to $2.90 each -- and one of them was a 1921, AG, but still a nice filler. The lot also contained a couple of other better dates in nicer condition. Exhibit 2: [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140586382729%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT"]75 Kennedy Half dollars [/URL] "I have a bag of 75 Kennedy half dollars ranging in years from 1964-1999." I send a message asking if there were many from the 1960's. No response for over a day, and then: "I have 20 ranging from 1964-1969". As it turned out, there was only one 1964 -- but that still brings the lot's total resale value to somewhere north of $130. I'm not especially fast at thinking or clicking, so I frequently miss deals much better than these. They are out there.[/QUOTE]
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