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<p>[QUOTE="rsand, post: 1665759, member: 40749"]e-bay's "rake" as I like to call it is crazy high. I've dabbled in selling on ebay for about 6 months now and concluded I'm basically subsidizing others collections...! In return I've learned a lot, and I don't regret the experiment, but after trying an e-bay store, buying and selling several hundred coins (and even getting into notes, when a small collection I bought as one lot contained a few), I still can't figure out how anyone makes any money there with coins at least. My only guess is, that like most things, if you aren't totally committed to it (its a hobby for me obviously, not my vocation), it isn't going to be time or cost effective.</p><p><br /></p><p>What are the alternatives? etsy seems ill suited (I don't like paying for clicks - again it seems you have to have big volume and inventory to make that worthwhile), posting on craigslist seemed to only attract other sellers the few times I tried it. What else is there?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rsand, post: 1665759, member: 40749"]e-bay's "rake" as I like to call it is crazy high. I've dabbled in selling on ebay for about 6 months now and concluded I'm basically subsidizing others collections...! In return I've learned a lot, and I don't regret the experiment, but after trying an e-bay store, buying and selling several hundred coins (and even getting into notes, when a small collection I bought as one lot contained a few), I still can't figure out how anyone makes any money there with coins at least. My only guess is, that like most things, if you aren't totally committed to it (its a hobby for me obviously, not my vocation), it isn't going to be time or cost effective. What are the alternatives? etsy seems ill suited (I don't like paying for clicks - again it seems you have to have big volume and inventory to make that worthwhile), posting on craigslist seemed to only attract other sellers the few times I tried it. What else is there?[/QUOTE]
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