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<p>[QUOTE="tulipone, post: 2147637, member: 71656"]A US seller recently sent me 6 too many (goodness only knows how) $1 Sacagawea coins from an eBay order - he said to keep them but I decided to relist, sell them and forward the money via Paypal to the Seller. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a box of doubles spares (mostly old sixpenny coins) that I considered putting onto eBay and now know how much trouble it is. Taking photos, listing, packing them up, printing receipt, taking them to the Post Office just for a few pence in 'profit'. </p><p><br /></p><p>To be fair the seller got $12 clear and I had a small warm glow from doing the right thing, but it was a real pain for so little gain. Everyone in the process seems to do better than the seller, eBay and Paypal especially. Unless the numbers stack up, just the time and fuel going to the Post Office removes any gain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tulipone, post: 2147637, member: 71656"]A US seller recently sent me 6 too many (goodness only knows how) $1 Sacagawea coins from an eBay order - he said to keep them but I decided to relist, sell them and forward the money via Paypal to the Seller. I have a box of doubles spares (mostly old sixpenny coins) that I considered putting onto eBay and now know how much trouble it is. Taking photos, listing, packing them up, printing receipt, taking them to the Post Office just for a few pence in 'profit'. To be fair the seller got $12 clear and I had a small warm glow from doing the right thing, but it was a real pain for so little gain. Everyone in the process seems to do better than the seller, eBay and Paypal especially. Unless the numbers stack up, just the time and fuel going to the Post Office removes any gain.[/QUOTE]
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