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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 766338, member: 15309&quot;]BNB,</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that Krispy has a point.&nbsp; In order to be successful buying from Heritage and selling&nbsp; on E-Bay, it would seem logical that you would have to develop a niche in a certain area.&nbsp; I will give you a few examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><ul> <li><b>Slider Cracker</b>:&nbsp; These E-Bay sellers buy up nice AU58 slabbed examples, crack them out, and then sell them to unsuspecting E-Bayers.&nbsp; The problem with this niche is that it is unethical and sooner or later the feedback ratings will come back to haunt you and your success.</li> <li><b>Photographer</b>:&nbsp; I know several of these sellers on E-Bay.&nbsp; They focus mainly on toned coins since that is Heritage&#039;s weakness.&nbsp; They will also purchase many coins from DLRC, Teletrade, and other E-Bay auctions with poor photos.&nbsp; This can be a very lucrative selling method for those that have a firm grasp on the toned coin market and excellent photography skills.&nbsp; If I was going to attempt to make money selling on E-Bay, this is what I would do.&nbsp; The risks are overpaying for the toned material and resorting to juicing photos in order to break even or profit.&nbsp; Once the juicing starts, it is like crack (addictive), and sooner or later the feedback ratings will come back to haunt you and your success.</li> <li><b>VAM man</b>:&nbsp; These sellers search the Heritage inventory and their enormous photos endlessly for unattributed VAM&#039;s in PCGS &amp; NGC holders and then sell them properly attributed on E-Bay to variety collectors.&nbsp; This requires expert knowledge of varieties and patience to find them.&nbsp; Once found, the seller must decide whether or not to have the variety attributed by the TPG.&nbsp; If you chose that option it increases costs and cuts into profit.&nbsp; If you pass, sooner or later sellers will dispute your attributions and the feedback ratings will come back to haunt you and your success.</li> <li><b>Series Expert: </b> E-Bay is full of sellers who specialize in a particular series.&nbsp; Finding new material is completely dependent upon have a greater in depth knowledge of that series and pouncing on an opportunity to obtain a coin that will realize a profit.&nbsp; The problem is that the profit margins are very low and as a result turnover times will be longer requiring a much larger initial cash investment than the other niches.</li> </ul><p>Whether you choose one of the options above or develop your own plan, I hope you realize that in order to succeed, you must have a plan.&nbsp; Walking blindly into this venture will result in inevitable failure.&nbsp; That inevitable failure by the way is the reason for all of the popcorn comments in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish you well but know this.:secret:&nbsp; Despite my experience in Numismatics and my photography skills, I would rather play professional poker for a living than try to sell coins on E-Bay for a profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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