now lets hope the coin looks that good: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350069338749&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=022 stainless
not to burst your bubble stainless but you have thrown a stone in the dark show us some bigger pics when you get the coin
But to make you feel better I see worse sell for more.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1880S-MORGAN-...goryZ523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem etc. I wouldn't be upset with $30 for that.
Please post pictures when it arrives. It does look good, much better than the sellers FB. Take Care Ben
I've been noticing that silver sells higher in Europe and that auction is a perfect example. I've tried to go after several coins in Europe, only to see them sell higher than they should. I'm wondering if peeps in Europe are using the SGS Grading Standards for Dummies book, when grading coins? :goof: Ribbit Ps: Nice Morgan, Stainless! :thumb:
Toad i ve noticed that too but i ve also noticed that european coins sell cheaper in the US than there actual value for example in Ebay US there was a Netherlands gold coin i cant remember what it was but it was gold and it sold for $350 2 weeks later while i was going around other ebays i noticed the EXACT same coin go for well over $1k, the reason i think that happens is because many sellers in the US only post to the US but if you ask them they tell you that they can ship it worldwide.. Some buyers just cant be bothered to ask a few questions.. but hey making $700 aint bad.. same goes for Australia , Us coins are so cheap here its ridiculous.. i remember a couple of CC morgan's (EF cond atleast) sold as a lot in here for no more than $250 i saw them in the book and the total was over $2k!
If the shipping cost didn't wipe the saving out I'd buy all my coins from US ebay. There is also VAT to pay on any sale coming in to the UK on anything worth over $28 i believe.
I buy quite a bit from the UK and so many sellers there charge a lot for shipping but I take that into account when bidding plus whenever possible, I'll buy more than one item from a seller so I can take advantage of combined shipping. One of the problems I have as a seller with Ebay is I cannot list worldwide, Ebay won't allow me to list to anyone but the US and the UK. I use Auctiva and they are working on setting up listing to elsewhere but still haven't manage to do that as of now and when I list something, I have to use the Revise Item function on Ebay and in there, I can list to the UK but it cost me 15 cents each listing. I would think Ebay would get some brains and realize the more peeps that can have easy access to my listing, the higher the bids will go, the more money they'd make and with that, make listing to anywhere available to the US market/everywhere and provide it at no charge. The way Ebay is now, if I want to make more money, I have to pay more but if I make more, I have to pay more again. That only goes to prove that Ebay only cares about the money and doesn't care about us. Since Ebay has the market on internet sales, I'm stuck with it but I'm hoping that smaller venues will start doing things better than Ebay and Ebay will realize how stupid they've been by being so money hungry. Ribbit Ps: As to prices elsewhere's, I too have noticed certain things go for more in certain places and less elsewhere's. An example is Indianhead & Large Cents. For some reason, they are hot in Europe and many times go for book or more (good ones). If I was selling Indianhead/Large Cents, I'd list them to Europe to get better bids, but alas, I can't list to Europe so I don't get the better bids, unless someone from Europe happens into my little store. That's another gripe I have with Ebay, other Ebays can list to the US but we can't list to them. Ebay makes the US available to almost all Ebays but won't give us the same access to them. That bites!
Not if the parcel is marked as a gift on the customs form. Not that I would ever ask a seller to do that for me, obviously...
I when I bought my 2007 reverses I had a whopping £52 ($104) charge to pay. When looking it up it said VAT on anything over £18 or VAT on a gift worth £30. Something like that. When we send things over that way we don't have to write down the cost of the item on the envelope so customs wont have any idea anyway what it is or how much it costs. Further investigation found out that second hand silver shouldn't carry a VAT. In the future I might just ask the seller to write like '$5' as the item. (unless it is illegal) However I skim read sentences and might have all my facts wrong as I'm pulling them from memory.
HT when you list your coins put that you will sell to Europe/Worldwide in the discription, I trawl the US ebay regular as quite a few sellers do mail to the UK but have problems listing over here. The Customs charges can be a nightmare as you are also charged by the Post Office for collecting the fee!! , they also take the shipping cost into the total that is taxable which annoys the hell out of me :hammer: :hammer:
