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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2108311, member: 73489&quot;](1)&nbsp; Does Ebay care about auctions vs. BIN if the fees are the same ?</p><p><br /></p><p>(2)&nbsp; I agree...too much stuff there NEVER sells.&nbsp; I mean, unless it&#039;s an obscure item that people didn&#039;t look for in your 1st listing, if you get NO BIDS or the reserve isn&#039;t met, clearly, your price is too high.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">I would say that more than HALF of the Saint Gaudens listing I check out for MS coins have NO activity.</span></b>&nbsp; Then they are usually re-listed for the same price.&nbsp; The sellers are basically saying: <i>&quot;I&#039;ll get my price, or I&#039;ll re-list another 2 or 3 or 4 or more times.&quot;&nbsp; </i>I have contacted many of these sellers; I&#039;d say about 1/4 or 1/3rd are willing to come down to reasonable prices for their (mostly common) coins.&nbsp; Say, $100 - $150 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other won&#039;t cut at all.&nbsp; Excuses I get are Ebay fees or they are into the coin for a high price (i.e., when gold/Saints were much higher).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">I talk to some people who are high on a common coin or non-special by close to 20-25% (sometimes more !!).</span></b>&nbsp; I ask them if there&#039;s something I am missing or not seeing from their pictures, and no, just a regular coin for the Mint State.&nbsp; I have no idea who is going to buy a coin like that when there are others on Ebay for $250 less, which itself is a bit high for retail (but at least semi-respectable). I mean, when you can get an MS-65 1924 Saint for about $1,750 then paying $1,850 for one you like is somewhat justifiable.&nbsp; But I recently saw a bunch no better -- and maybe no worse, FWIW -- where the seller wanted $2,200 or more.&nbsp; Unreal....</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe they&#039;re just hoping to get lucky.&nbsp; I have no idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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