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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1922756, member: 27832"]"Less than face value (not including shipping or fees)"? I've bought for less than FV before, given those terms. I'll bid what a lot is worth, and if it's worth only a little bit more than face value, that's what I'll bid. What the seller "loses" due to fees and shipping is not my business.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/roll-searchers-post-your-results.10176/page-704#post-1219559" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/roll-searchers-post-your-results.10176/page-704#post-1219559">I posted here about a lot of Ikes that I bought on eBay</a> -- 57 Ikes for $55, plus $5 for shipping. So I didn't <i>pay</i> less than FV, but the seller certainly <i>got</i> less than FV. (I still came out ahead, as one turned out to be silver.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt you'll end up getting less than $80, even after fees, but I have no idea how close you'll get to the $120 you want. It looks like one such sheet recently went for $146, but another went for less than $115, both with free shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think it's legal to post your auctions in a non-For Sale thread, but you should probably go ahead and post it in For Sale. I'm not a currency collector, but I'd certainly bid at least face value. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1922756, member: 27832"]"Less than face value (not including shipping or fees)"? I've bought for less than FV before, given those terms. I'll bid what a lot is worth, and if it's worth only a little bit more than face value, that's what I'll bid. What the seller "loses" due to fees and shipping is not my business. [URL='http://www.cointalk.com/threads/roll-searchers-post-your-results.10176/page-704#post-1219559']I posted here about a lot of Ikes that I bought on eBay[/URL] -- 57 Ikes for $55, plus $5 for shipping. So I didn't [I]pay[/I] less than FV, but the seller certainly [I]got[/I] less than FV. (I still came out ahead, as one turned out to be silver.) I doubt you'll end up getting less than $80, even after fees, but I have no idea how close you'll get to the $120 you want. It looks like one such sheet recently went for $146, but another went for less than $115, both with free shipping. I don't think it's legal to post your auctions in a non-For Sale thread, but you should probably go ahead and post it in For Sale. I'm not a currency collector, but I'd certainly bid at least face value. :)[/QUOTE]
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