I'm in shock... my first Ebay coin sales just fell off a cliff. 1922 weak D ds #4 a premium example ended a 10 day action selling for $5.50??? My 1931-S in XF brought a whopping $59.... thats valued at whatever grade is less than ag1 and it was at least a Brown XF....and to add insult to injury the day closed on another VF Brn, 1909 VDB selling for .99? I had 1 Hot Wheels sell for more than those key and semi-key wheats put together. . Oh the humanity.................guess I'm going to have to re-open the Lemonade stand
I'm in shock... my first Ebay coin sales just fell off a cliff. 1922 weak D ds #4 a premium example ended a 10 day action selling for $5.50??? My 1931-S in XF brought a whopping $59.... thats valued at whatever grade is less than ag1 and it was at least a Brown XF....and to add insult to injury the day closed on another VF Brn, 1909 VDB selling for .99? I had 1 Hot Wheels sell for more than those key and semi-key wheats put together. . Oh the humanity.................guess I'm going to have to re-open the Lemonade stand
Show us your pictures and listings. Bad quality pictures and unattractive titles will certainly not get you much money if you want to bathe in the bling.
That's not good for a weak D 1922 D, but $59 for a 31-S in XF is right on point. 99 cents for a VF 1909 VDB?..... also about right if you charged $4 or so for shipping. I bought a VDB in UNC today for $11.
Didn't seem to have as much to do with my pix and descriptions. but I guess the quality of buyers are just not there anymore. I started with them in 94 or 5 when Ebay opened before there was Paypal; I've sold gold when that was the thing to sell, same with silver and collectables. I sold over 2300 units of Honda generators the year after hurricane Sandy. Its the ghost salesmanship that is difficult to achieve quality results with online as opposed to a Trade show floor or a convention. I go in during a 10 day auction and tweek things maybe offer a bonus to adjust for low views and watchers but got nowhere this go at it. In 10 days that VDB only had 9 or 10 views and 1 bid. I went on healthcare hiatus for about 5 years but must have missed out on Ebay/Paypal/Meg changes to the point that I didn't realize how little you actually get from the 21% the twins are charging. 200-300% loss.... Back to the drawing board on this one. Never really cared much for the conjoined Silicon Valley twins Ebay/Paypal and now for them to get a huge piece of the pie including 5% of what I charge for S&H has just become personally a cruel and unusual punishment for using their services. Sorry (or maybe Thanks) for the rant. A textbook 22 weak D for 5 bucks. Capluwee.....
I don't know who you are, but I'll bet you don't have a huge following on Ebay. People who only sell occasionally, and who haven't built a reputation, aren't going to do nearly as well as dealers who have thousands of feedback. Your sales seem rather low based on what you've told us - but Ebay has really turned into a cutthroat den of sharks.
Not to mention those sellers with 100.000's of feedbacks are just as likely to be Walmart or Home Depot in disguise' Not a fair platform anymore
