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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1166750, member: 27832&quot;]This is a &quot;how to buy&quot; and &quot;how not to sell&quot; example, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a listing for &quot;1962 D Roosevelt Dime Very Fine Condition&quot;, Buy It Now $2.00 -- with $2.72 S&amp;H. Two available. Wonder if he combines shipping?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Multiple item purchasers, if you order more than 8 coins, your package will be sent in a flat rate priority mail package which should arrive in 2 to 3 days after payment clears.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, but <i>how much</i>? I wasn&#039;t going to dive in without a firm commitment, and apparently neither was anyone else. He had something like 8 auctions listed, all for similar Roosies, all with the same BIN and terms.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I sent him a message, and he responded -- $6.20 flat rate for 8 or more coins. Okay, I thought, $6.20 amortized over nine dimes at $2 a pop still brings me out slightly ahead of melt. Better start buying before someone else gets the same idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two dimes in this auction. Got &#039;em. One in the next. Got it. 2. 1. 2. 2. &quot;More than 10.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Woohoo! How <i>many</i> more? 13 total, as it turned out, and 2 more in the last auction -- 26 silver dimes at $2 each, plus $6.20 shipping, total $58.20.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, he could&#039;ve listed these as a batch at $80 + $6.20 shipping, and they would&#039;ve been snatched in minutes. Or he could&#039;ve made it an actual auction, and depending on what silver does over the next few days, they could&#039;ve gone higher still.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s just a bunch of late Roosies, but I got &#039;em for less than 2/3 of current melt. And yeah, I enjoyed the hunt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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