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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 1071772, member: 4580&quot;]The value to a seller is the amount they sold an item for.</p><p>The value to a buyer is probably that same amount, until they try to sell it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the value of items is what they sell for, even if it doesn&#039;t fit some preconceptions.</p><p>ebay&#039;s completed auctions have been a great source of knowledge,</p><p>but the length of time auctions are archived and available has been reduced by four months.</p><p>The change occurred a couple of years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that when an item sells on ebay, it brings more money than anybody else is willing to pay for that item.</p><p>When I buy coins, I consider that I will be paying more than anybody else would.</p><p>Bargain hunting usually produces bargain results: cleaned coins, impaired surfaces, detritis, etc..</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll not buy coins without a return policy, from anybody, coin shops included.</p><p>I&#039;ll not pay exorbitant shipping costs.</p><p>I want feedback records of 99.9% or 100% only.</p><p>I look at a seller&#039;s other listings to see the general drift of his business --</p><p>whether he cleans coins, retouches photos, charges exorbitant amounts,</p><p>I look to see if the item I am interested in might be a &#039;loss leader&#039; for his other listings.</p><p><br /></p><p>In dealers&#039; shops, I expect that coins will bring about half of what folks paid for them.</p><p>After 50-60 years of experience, that&#039;s a good rule of thumb, and a lousy price.&nbsp; ; )</p><p><br /></p><p>ebay will produce better results for most coin sales than selling to dealers.</p><p>In my mind, it is simply <u>the difference between retail and wholesale.</u></p><p>If you ever get 80% of what you paid the dealer for the same item, you will be LUCKY.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Sleaze-bay&quot; is a new term to me.</p><p>Usually folks refer to the venue as feebay or fleabay.&nbsp; ; )</p><p><br /></p><p>One last note... a couple of years back, ebay began offering five free listings per month,</p><p>with the catch being that the Final Value Fees were drastically increased above normal,</p><p>for those items listed free.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t sold there for years but still shop and socialize there some,</p><p>so I am not current on their fees, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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