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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2147370, member: 71234&quot;]<i>Right now I only sell coins under $10 since USPS lost a package. After 2 weeks it hadn&#039;t arrived so I refunded the buyer and now I am out the money and the coin. It sold for $14 and lists at $20. I now have a small basket of coins worth over $10 I got to figure out what to do.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>his makes no sense at all. The important figure is how many out of 100 you lose. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is inevitable that you lose the occasion item. You do not lose the coin and the money,just the cost of the coin to you, and the postage. the &#039;money &#039; came from the buyer and went back to the buyer. It was never yours. You cannot own the item and the payment.</p><p><br /></p><p>To stop because of one trivial problem is just plain silly. Ebay is a good place to sell low value coins because you can shift hard to move items in large enough numbers for the occasional loss to be written off against profits. With $10 coins, 10c. added to your shipping.handling charge will cover you for 1 in 100 failing to arrive. Just refund and look cheerful when it happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general the buyers of the occasional coin of modest value as you describe are the most trustworthy market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Few people who are into coin collecting in the first place are going to be tempted to try and steal $10 or $20. My self respect might take a knock or two for tens of thousands but not for pocket change.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have sold thousands of such coins, invariably sent by basic untracked post to all round the world and domestically and my losses have been too trivial to matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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