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<p>[QUOTE="dave92029, post: 1065100, member: 26916"]<b>Net proceeds to seller</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>I Bid on my first Heritage auction last night. My final Bid price was $65 for a PF70 ASE but my final cost was $92.60, I'm not familiar with the selling commissions but the net proceeds to the seller on this auction was a fraction of my total cost. :hail:</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like I got a good price compared to eBay, but the seller did much worse. I can't figure out why folks are selling modern coins via Heritage. Using Heritage for rare, hard to find coins, or liquidating an entire collection makes much more sense to me, but coins like ASE... eBay would probably net the seller a better result. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize that currently eBay is not charging a listing fee but there are so many coins listed with a "Buy It Now" price that appears way too high. Almost like the seller actually believes that someone will pay the price listed in the NGC/PCGS Price Guides. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dave92029, post: 1065100, member: 26916"][b]Net proceeds to seller[/b] I Bid on my first Heritage auction last night. My final Bid price was $65 for a PF70 ASE but my final cost was $92.60, I'm not familiar with the selling commissions but the net proceeds to the seller on this auction was a fraction of my total cost. :hail: I feel like I got a good price compared to eBay, but the seller did much worse. I can't figure out why folks are selling modern coins via Heritage. Using Heritage for rare, hard to find coins, or liquidating an entire collection makes much more sense to me, but coins like ASE... eBay would probably net the seller a better result. :thumb: I realize that currently eBay is not charging a listing fee but there are so many coins listed with a "Buy It Now" price that appears way too high. Almost like the seller actually believes that someone will pay the price listed in the NGC/PCGS Price Guides. ;)[/QUOTE]
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