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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 831318, member: 13650&quot;]I found this to be very interesting and maybe great news for the hobby in general.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I just received an e-mail from an ebay dealer letting me know some stuff had recently shipped.&nbsp;&nbsp; I purchased something else from this dealer about a month ago.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Naturally, I was curious if this dealer may have remembered me.&nbsp;&nbsp; After a quick look at their feedback though, I soon realized my answer.&nbsp; (LOL)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <b>So then I became curious to know how business had been for this dealer over just the past <span style="color: Red">28</span> day month. </b> I figured, maybe I was a page or two back.&nbsp; The economy is slow after all.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wrong!!&nbsp; &nbsp; (20 pages back).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My original intention was to go back through and see how many sales they had and add up the total dollar amount for us all to see.&nbsp; lol&nbsp; But soon realized I didn&#039;t want to waste an hour calculating it!&nbsp;&nbsp; (I did remember to click on the &#039;selling only tab.&#039;)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; From Feb. 1 to March 1, this dealer sold 434 items.&nbsp;&nbsp; Each item being a coin, mint set or boxes to a set.&nbsp; &nbsp; The items ranged in price from a few dollars up into the thousands.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; So, I decided to calculate the feedbacks left <b>ON ONLY Feb. 1st</b>, assuming that most of those were probably sold on the same day, or close.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; This seller received feedback for no less than <b>$12,317</b> worth of coins <b>on a single day</b>.&nbsp; And every date afterwards was similar or more!&nbsp;&nbsp; If that was the average, that&#039;s around $350k worth of business on a short month!&nbsp; I find this hard to believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; That&#039;s one, single, dealer......on Ebay no less.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, can it be said that the hobby is going strong, considering we&#039;re in arguably the worst economy since the Great Depression?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; My question is, what happens when things pick up!?&nbsp;&nbsp; Next question:&nbsp; Could this dealer do this well with a B&amp;M shop ONLY?&nbsp;&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to defend Ebays policies, but it was just an observation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I thought you guys might find this interesting.&nbsp; Most people, including myself, usually won&#039;t take the time to snoop around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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