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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 8119335, member: 13650"]This happens for me a lot too. Some sellers are more motivated to sell than others. Some will never send out a lower offer or don't know they can. Many things I've watched, including coins are commonly marked down 15-25% by the seller to try to get you to buy. <u>Things are marked up a lot because ebay is greedy!</u></p><p> If you're lucky enough to have a store, you only lose 8% of the sale. Now you have to spend your time to box it up and pay to ship it. So if you pay a seller $100, they're ending up with about $82. Average guy that doesn't have an ebay store? He's left with about $77 out of the $100 you paid. Maybe even less depending on shipping costs. I paid $14 to ship and insure a sportscard in a small box yesterday. Regular priority. The buyer paid me like $4 for shipping. Everybody wants a deal and so do I, but you do have to realize there is a cost to doing business. This is why lowball offers are frowned upon. Buyer's don't think about what seller's are actually ending up with after the sale. It isn't worth your time to lose money or break even selling.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b> </b>There's a coin I'm looking at now that is listed too high. The seller is willing to accept 14% off, but that discounted price is still 18% over the current price guide value. I don't know what he bought it for but at this, I realize the guy probably isn't going to make $50 on the deal when it's all said and done. So if I offer $60 below his offer, I'm just wasting his time and mine. Not gonna happen. You also have to look at what the person is selling. Is this an average person trying to sell a few coins they know nothing about? Or is it a dealer with pages of inventory selling 4 and 5 figure coins? The two don't have the same obligations or dealing capabilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 8119335, member: 13650"]This happens for me a lot too. Some sellers are more motivated to sell than others. Some will never send out a lower offer or don't know they can. Many things I've watched, including coins are commonly marked down 15-25% by the seller to try to get you to buy. [U]Things are marked up a lot because ebay is greedy![/U] If you're lucky enough to have a store, you only lose 8% of the sale. Now you have to spend your time to box it up and pay to ship it. So if you pay a seller $100, they're ending up with about $82. Average guy that doesn't have an ebay store? He's left with about $77 out of the $100 you paid. Maybe even less depending on shipping costs. I paid $14 to ship and insure a sportscard in a small box yesterday. Regular priority. The buyer paid me like $4 for shipping. Everybody wants a deal and so do I, but you do have to realize there is a cost to doing business. This is why lowball offers are frowned upon. Buyer's don't think about what seller's are actually ending up with after the sale. It isn't worth your time to lose money or break even selling. [B] [/B]There's a coin I'm looking at now that is listed too high. The seller is willing to accept 14% off, but that discounted price is still 18% over the current price guide value. I don't know what he bought it for but at this, I realize the guy probably isn't going to make $50 on the deal when it's all said and done. So if I offer $60 below his offer, I'm just wasting his time and mine. Not gonna happen. You also have to look at what the person is selling. Is this an average person trying to sell a few coins they know nothing about? Or is it a dealer with pages of inventory selling 4 and 5 figure coins? The two don't have the same obligations or dealing capabilities.[/QUOTE]
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