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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ricardo Vales, post: 7855687, member: 74349&quot;]I have a been a seller on eBay for many years. I have a store in which I sell mostly coins. Not important on this forum, but I have sold printer toners, computers, computer parts, multiple collectibles and paper money. I find that eBay is a good way to sell without having to have your own website and try to promote it. The drawbacks are the deceptive buyers, fees and competition that brings the cost of selling up and sometimes ask prices down below market. Some examples are: I sold a complete set of Mercury dimes at $900. I know the set was worth at least $1200., but I could not get what I was asking, so I had to keep bringing the price down until it was sold. I sold an almost complete set of Buffalo nickels for $300. with many High grades included. That set should have sold for $450. I have broken down a complete set of Barber halves and sold them individually. I took a hit on that as well. Let’s talk about deceptive buyers one jerk ordered a coin from me. Then he opened a case against me stating I sent him the wrong coin. He sent it back to me.&nbsp; When I had opened the non-padded regular mail envelope, I found that he had cleaned the coin (it was really shiny) and he swapped out the archival 2x2 safety flip with a computer-generated insert with a Mylar stapled flip. I had no choice to re-imburse him since eBay side with the buyer.&nbsp; The competition is big as well. There are sellers that will sell coins so cheap that some coins it is not worth selling after fees and postage. There are fees for selling on eBay. Let’s say I have a Walking Liberty half dollar on eBay and I am selling it for $13. eBay charges a fee 12.55% plus .30 insertion fee. That makes it $11.o6 now if I don’t charge for shipping it cost me $3. –$3.25. now I am at $8.06 now. My padded envelope and label cost is .10 now I am at 7.96. I have not included the monthly store fee, time and gas to go to the post office. Melt for a walker is 8.72 as I write this article. I am at a lost selling on eBay.&nbsp; If I charge for shipping, I do not get anyone buying and If I raise my prices, I don’t get anyone buying. Are there any sellers out there that can recommend a better venue?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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