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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1407175, member: 15309&quot;]You can have that coin for free if you want.&nbsp; All you have to do is wait a week and tell the seller that you did not receive the coin.&nbsp; He will claim that he mailed it and that you should have gotten it already.&nbsp; Then you tell him that you have not gotten it and want a full refund.&nbsp; If he refuses, you can file a paypal buyer protection dispute and your funds will be returned and you will get to keep the coin.&nbsp; The only thing preventing you from doing this is honesty.&nbsp; Unfortunately, not everyone in this world is honest and this practice of fraud by E-Bay buyers is common when you don&#039;t follow the E-Bay &amp; Paypal guidelines.</p><p><br /></p><p>This portion of my post is not directed at anyone in particular but is general information.&nbsp; E-Bay buyers expect their coins to be shipped securely and quickly.&nbsp; This means they expect a padded mailer, the coin protected by either foam or corrugated card board, and fully insured for the purchase value.&nbsp; In order to survive a Paypal dispute, the seller must also have delivery confirmation.&nbsp; In my experience as an E-Bay seller, the minimum cost to send a padded mailer over 1oz first class is $1.64 and the minimum cost for insurance is $1.84 yielding a minimum price of $3.49.&nbsp; That cost does not include supply costs for the mailers, padding, labels etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, E-Bay has very strict guidelines for becoming a Powerseller and a Top Rated Seller in order to earn a 20% discount on final value fees.&nbsp; Part of these guidelines are that you may not have more than 1% buyer protection (max 3) cases opened against you and a minimum of 90% of your listings must have tracking uploaded within 1 day of payment.&nbsp; As a result, almost all E-Bay Powersellers will use the E-Bay shipping software to print labels that automatically includes postage, insurance, and tracking information.&nbsp; It is simply not possible to maintain Top Rated &amp; Powerseller status and use stamped envelopes to deliver your product.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another E-Bay requirement for Powerseller status is that you must have a detailed rating of at least 4.6 stars for each of the four categories including S&amp;H costs.&nbsp; Therefore, if your S&amp;H costs are too high, people will start giving you less than 5 stars and you will lose your Powerseller status along with your 20% discount.&nbsp; For this reason, I charge a $3 flat shipping cost for coins under $500 and I print the cost of my postage on the mailing label to show the recipient that I actually lost money on shipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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