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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 24484703, member: 27832"]First, a caveat: I haven't bought coins on eBay in a few years now. But when I was an active buyer, I'd look for opportunities to cherry-pick, bad photos that might be hiding a good coin, large lots with interesting items, coins from sellers that didn't ordinarily sell coins -- mostly with BIN prices that I was pretty sure were below-market-value. In an auction, there's plenty of time for others to spot what I've spotted; on BIN, I had a chance to get there first. When there were promotional deals, I took advantage as much as I could.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's <b>a lot of trash</b> that falls into those categories, so I'd look at thousands of listings before I found one worth buying. The hunt itself had to be fun, otherwise, there's no way you could consider it worthwhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, I was <b>very careful and thorough</b> about making sure what I got was what was listed. I had several rounds of Buyer Protection for counterfeits, items that were nothing like what was pictured, even flat-out empty packages.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, over several years, I also laid in a fair amount of gold below melt, lots and lots of silver at or below melt, and a few nicer coins that were masquerading as junk. Nothing that's going to show up at Heritage or even GreatCollections, but certainly enough to keep me interested in the game. A few of these buys were well over $100 (including nearly all the gold, of course).</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I don't have <i>time</i> to pursue that part of the hobby. Maybe after I retire, or maybe greed will drive me to free up time somewhere else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 24484703, member: 27832"]First, a caveat: I haven't bought coins on eBay in a few years now. But when I was an active buyer, I'd look for opportunities to cherry-pick, bad photos that might be hiding a good coin, large lots with interesting items, coins from sellers that didn't ordinarily sell coins -- mostly with BIN prices that I was pretty sure were below-market-value. In an auction, there's plenty of time for others to spot what I've spotted; on BIN, I had a chance to get there first. When there were promotional deals, I took advantage as much as I could. There's [B]a lot of trash[/B] that falls into those categories, so I'd look at thousands of listings before I found one worth buying. The hunt itself had to be fun, otherwise, there's no way you could consider it worthwhile. Then, I was [B]very careful and thorough[/B] about making sure what I got was what was listed. I had several rounds of Buyer Protection for counterfeits, items that were nothing like what was pictured, even flat-out empty packages. But, over several years, I also laid in a fair amount of gold below melt, lots and lots of silver at or below melt, and a few nicer coins that were masquerading as junk. Nothing that's going to show up at Heritage or even GreatCollections, but certainly enough to keep me interested in the game. A few of these buys were well over $100 (including nearly all the gold, of course). Today, I don't have [I]time[/I] to pursue that part of the hobby. Maybe after I retire, or maybe greed will drive me to free up time somewhere else.[/QUOTE]
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