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<p>[QUOTE="Aberlight, post: 229302, member: 6510"]I enjoy Ebay as a buyer with just about any affordible coin available, but to a seller they are expensive. What eats me up is that they convinced the world that it is not safe to pay other than by Paypal, which they own. So as a seller you have to pay: $.35 to start the auction, $.50 for a preview picture, then around 3% of the closing price then comes Paypal and their fees. I loved it in 1998 when it cost $0.15 to run the auction and then 2.5%. Paypal???? Send me a money order or check. Speaking of Paypal. Ebays money machine Paypal is protected since Ebay prohibits the vast majority of online payments such as gpay by google.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a few common Morgan Silver Dollars it just isn't worth listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I sell coins on Ebay I generally dont accept Paypal. I haven't noticed a difference. As a buyer I made a claim about a defective item received and after waiting 40 days I was denied. So much for buyer protection.</p><p><br /></p><p>There will be a day when Google jumps into the arena and marketshares shift.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aberlight, post: 229302, member: 6510"]I enjoy Ebay as a buyer with just about any affordible coin available, but to a seller they are expensive. What eats me up is that they convinced the world that it is not safe to pay other than by Paypal, which they own. So as a seller you have to pay: $.35 to start the auction, $.50 for a preview picture, then around 3% of the closing price then comes Paypal and their fees. I loved it in 1998 when it cost $0.15 to run the auction and then 2.5%. Paypal???? Send me a money order or check. Speaking of Paypal. Ebays money machine Paypal is protected since Ebay prohibits the vast majority of online payments such as gpay by google. On a few common Morgan Silver Dollars it just isn't worth listing. When I sell coins on Ebay I generally dont accept Paypal. I haven't noticed a difference. As a buyer I made a claim about a defective item received and after waiting 40 days I was denied. So much for buyer protection. There will be a day when Google jumps into the arena and marketshares shift.[/QUOTE]
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