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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bahabully, post: 1800768, member: 17555&quot;]Questions first:</p><p>1 - What type of payment method do you have your buyers use?</p><p>Answer - Paypal (with 100% buyer protection).</p><p>or</p><p>Once you develop a &quot;relationship&quot; with the fellow &quot;collector&quot; you (as I) can often accept a money order (MO) or a simple check.&nbsp; &nbsp; The beauty of craigslist is in the introduction of &quot;collector&quot; to &quot;collector&quot; relationship from different parts of the country.&nbsp;&nbsp; It takes the 20% margin in the dealer to collector price point immediately out of the equation and you can strike a deal in between that benefits both the selling &quot;collector&quot; and the buying &quot;collector&quot;.... and all of a sudden !!,,,, collecting coins becomes not only an enjoyable hobby, but a more resonable investment proposition !!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2 - if I was a buyer I probably wouldnt trust someone sending me a coin across the U.S. off craigslist. how did you pull it off? </p><p>Answer - depends on you buyer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some buyers (like me) consider a $20 purchase equivallent to a bar tip after a Saturday football game on a bar stool and are open to risking a low dollar deal to see if the buyer is legit.. to the point they are willing to lose the entire sum of money (again, no more than a bar tip).&nbsp;&nbsp; These guys just send in a check or cash taped to a piece of paper in an envelope..&nbsp; &nbsp; On craigslist, it&#039;s all about &quot;meeting&quot; other collectors and develping a &quot;relationship&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; Others simply use paypal to secure he purchase protection that paypal provides.... essentialy it is exactly like Ebay&#039;s.. where even if someone takes a picture of you receiving your item from the delivery man you can say you never got it and get a full refund.&nbsp; Most of my initial transactions went through paypal.&nbsp;&nbsp; Others (purchasing bar tip&nbsp; items) simply sent in cash or check.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;3 - Scary... there&#039;s no buyer/seller protection, no feedback ratings, no scam protection. Craigslist number one rule: &quot;Deal only with local buyers/sellers you can meet in person&quot;.</p><p>I <i>never</i> buy or sell there, but that&#039;s just me.</p><p>Answer - good ; ) stick with ebay and pay the margin and fee.&nbsp; I use to do that too, and watched the deals (steals) and good buys (with no dealer 20% spread) from 96 to present essentially dissapear.&nbsp; Stick to the rules,, and you&#039;ll never see the opportunity in virgin territory as first adoptors (collectors) move their sales from ebay (who is actively pushing out collector to collector sales) to the &#039;list.&nbsp;&nbsp; I built 75% of my collection from the &#039;bay in it&#039;s &quot;early&quot; days and I can tell you confidently that I can easily sell it for a significant profit today.&nbsp; I can also tell you that any collector trying to build a collection from the &#039;bay today will have an very very hard time ever selling anything they buy from the &#039;bay today for anything but a loss in their lifetime.&nbsp; Collector to collector transactions have essentially dissapeared from the &#039;bay.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lastly, your statment that buyer/seller protection is not present on the &#039;list is totally incorrect... use paypal, and any protection you get on on the &#039;bay you will get from the &#039;pal. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4 - A guy here used CraigsList to sell some car rims. He agreed to meet the people in the parking lot of a big store. They found him minus his car, his wallet and all his clothes, plus numerous broken bones.</p><p>Answer - LOL,, so don&#039;t be a bumb as*...&nbsp;&nbsp; Car rims ?... parking lot ?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Geez !!&nbsp; &nbsp; This is a coin forum !!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; keep the exchanges anon... use paypal.. go slow.. don&#039;t be stupid....&nbsp; and get to know a fellow collector selling his collection at a price you&#039;d never get from a dealer on the &#039;bay.&nbsp;&nbsp; (ie - buy low, invest in coins as you collect)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally... don&#039;t listen to the &quot;spooky&quot; stories.. grow a pair !&nbsp; You our ancestors said &quot;dang them indians are spooky&quot;.. lets eat rotten potatoes and stay safe ?&nbsp;&nbsp; NO.. they had balls, risked deveoping new ideas and governance in a new environment..... and did pretty good.&nbsp; Up to you boys, eat soup or don&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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