Is eBay a hot mess when it comes to buying coins?

Prices are high on ebay as ebay's fees have gone up, postage and shipping costs have risen as well as processing fees via paypal. If it's a silver coin you might want to check to see at what price Silver closed at on any particular day, then go to coinstudy.com and get a price on what the coin is worth an then figure out what you might want to spend with all those other fees included. When I sell a coin on ebay that's the guide I use.

 

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I've done about 500 deals on eBay, both as a seller and buyer. After I buy an item, if I like the deal, I follow the seller, making a note about what was bought. I'm following several sellers who have great pictures, reasonable prices, good feedback, descriptions, etc. and I check them frequently to see what they have for sale. Steer clear of poor pictures, excessive hype, etc. I'm a happy eBayer!

 

Do an eBay search for 'L@@K' (= 130,000+ results) - that's 130,000+ items I'll ignore

 

I really don't get why people put that.

 

For the same reason TV ads all use words like "new" or "improved"...they work.

 

New, improved, even Look I could see. L@@k though, naw

 

The @©# symbols do get your attention, dont' they?
They just scream, HEY! L@@K over here!!!

There's a guy who uses these symbols in his video descriptions at Youtube.
(edited: I better not post a video that replaces the 'a' and 'c' in the f-word with @ and ©. I'm guessing the mods might not like that).

 

That does seem true, but also makes you want to look away at the same time

 

They are to mimic bulging eyes, such as in the old old "Cracked Comics" if you remember such.


Not that I bought and read them ....

 

"Every purchase that I later came to regret has always been something that was "a good price".​

OTOH, many a purchase that we came to appreciate has also come at "a good price" ;-)

 

Regret was the proper word

 

Something I get a kick out of on ebay is this. You see a coin for $20.00 and gets my attention since everyone else is selling it for $24.00 with free shipping. But the guy with the $20.00 coin price wants $5.00 standard shipping. 50 cents worth of shipping. What a deal. LOL. This is just an example. Be sure to read the whole ad.