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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1886250, member: 75105&quot;]Well, I do apologize if my mental aptitude is not up to par on your level. I thought this was a coin forum, not math club.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismania is right, the type of buyers who want 49 cent shipping are not the good type of buyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone who quibbles about a $1.80 difference (I charge 2.29 for shipping on etsy) on postage most likely will quibble about the coin as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s one dollar and eighty flipping cents, you would most likely blow that on a soda.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not sold on eBay in several years, so I&#039;m not sure if there is a listing fee or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, going to all the work and effort of photographing one little &#039;ol dime to make 45 cents is a wasted effort.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never, ever, have been able to sell just one small coin, by itself, due to the fact that shipping (proper shipping, that is) is not cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why I list things in lots from now on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Free shipping is stupid, and whoever thought of the idea should be guilty of high treason.</p><p><br /></p><p>For one, free shipping IS NOT free, your are not going to take a package to the post office and have them go &quot;this one&#039;s on us&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Free shipping also does NOT allow for discounts on shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, if I sold a $8 item (we will call it a coin) with $2 shipping, then if someone buys another coin, shipping is just an extra 25 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I sold a $10 coin with FREE shipping, then the $2 I used for shipping in raising the price would be made on every item.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if someone bought 5 coins from me, I would end up with $10 for shipping, and the actual amount might be $2.50.</p><p><br /></p><p>I try to keep costs low, I factor in actual mailing costs, tape, paper, toner, and envelopes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sellers who try to make money on shipping are dumb. Shipping is a service, shipping was not, and is never supposed to be an additional way to make money besides the net profit earned on the item itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why I will never have free shipping, if I did, I would have to raise my prices, because no matter how many times, they say it, there is no such thing as free shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you do NOT need to use bubble mailers for coins, who&#039;s dumb idea was that?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Your shipping thick metal slugs, not a doll house tea set. </p><p><br /></p><p>Parcel mailing is hand-sorted and does not go through the machinery that letter rate mailing does. </p><p><br /></p><p>I use normal kraft clasp envelopes and place the coin between two sheets of cereal box board about the size of the envelope.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bubble mailers might be ok for proof sets, slabbed coins, etc, but it&#039;s a waste of money for normal coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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