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Message:: [QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 3216311, member: 25270"]I have considered it but I won't make money that way. My thing is cherrypicking foreign coins from junk bins and selling them for just enough to make a little money. Lots of people out there trying to fill a hole or get some coins from the 1800s at a reasonable price will pay $1.50-$2 for the coin they need, but you group them together and suddenly everyone's looking for a bargain. So when you're selling for a few dollars and it can take several months for a given coin to sell, you can see why I can't pay 35 cents for each listing. I'd be underwater every month. I don't make a ton of money as it's more of a hobby and a way to pay for the coins I keep by making a small profit on the doubles, but I do make some money, and eBay makes some money off of me. There is a market for these coins and there are people who want to buy them. eBay gets 10 percent of everything. It would be nice if they made it easier for smaller hobby sellers like me and not just the big boys with thousands of listings or expensive items. In the old days they'd offer promotions like free listings if you started at 99 cents or 1 cent fees, and I'd be willing to do that, but I just can't pay what they're charging.[/QUOTE]