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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4011604, member: 44316&quot;]I agree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every time I win in a European auction I compute the ratio of the dollars I actually pay to the total hammer price and make a note of it in my records. If I don&#039;t win much, shipping is a higher fraction of the cost and that can be discouraging.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some actual ratios. One very small win in November had $ paid = 1.74 times hammer in euros (but I am very happy with what I got). Another win in November, larger but still small, was $ = 1.48 times euros. A recent small win from London had the usual high shipping cost and was $ = 2.01 times pounds. All these conversions suffer from being small wins with substantial shipping costs. A bigger win from Leu was $ = 1.265 times Swiss Francs.</p><p><br /></p><p>In each case the total cost to me was fine with me and distinctly less than on fixed-price sites. As Doug noted, &quot;It is what it is.&quot; Sometimes I want coins. Usually auctions are the cheapest way to get them. I anticipate the fees and with a little calculation before I bid I am not surprised by what the actual cost will be. It may irritating that &quot;80 euros&quot; really means &quot;$120,&quot; but, if you want the coin for $120, bid up to 80 euros and be happy you can do the math.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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