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<p>[QUOTE="Aberlight, post: 229524, member: 6510"]I have always received what I thought I would, but then again when I sell something it is usually unique such as MS63 Barber Half of other high grade coins with natural toning. People dont seem to mind sending a check and the bid reflects an item that you cant really wait until something else comes along. If I were selling GW Dollars it may be a little different, but $3.00 shipping like others charge would cover the fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paypal and Ebay combined is a racket. The next best thing is Yahoo auctions, but it is not user friendly and the quantity of items doesn't compare to Ebay so we are stuck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been wondering about something and it may worth a new thread because I am really curious and want peoples view on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago around 1999-2002 or so it seems that the quantity of quality items such as MS 62-64 Barber coinage, Standing Liberties, and Seated Liberties were much more plentifull. If I missed an anticipated auction there was another right behind it as well as others that were so-so. Now it seems that the same quality is few and far between. I may see one coin every three weeks that fits my desire whereas 5 years ago I had more to choose from. Has anyone else noticed this?</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a master advanced search that weeds out sellers that I dont want to see offerings from which speeds up my search time: tuesdaynightcoins,klondike95,ernie,greatsoutherncoins,</p><p>heritagegalleriesandauctioneers,heritageauctiongalleries,</p><p>anaconda.rare.coins,superior,scardinal,i-lgoldbergcoinsandcollectibles[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aberlight, post: 229524, member: 6510"]I have always received what I thought I would, but then again when I sell something it is usually unique such as MS63 Barber Half of other high grade coins with natural toning. People dont seem to mind sending a check and the bid reflects an item that you cant really wait until something else comes along. If I were selling GW Dollars it may be a little different, but $3.00 shipping like others charge would cover the fees. Paypal and Ebay combined is a racket. The next best thing is Yahoo auctions, but it is not user friendly and the quantity of items doesn't compare to Ebay so we are stuck. I have been wondering about something and it may worth a new thread because I am really curious and want peoples view on this. A few years ago around 1999-2002 or so it seems that the quantity of quality items such as MS 62-64 Barber coinage, Standing Liberties, and Seated Liberties were much more plentifull. If I missed an anticipated auction there was another right behind it as well as others that were so-so. Now it seems that the same quality is few and far between. I may see one coin every three weeks that fits my desire whereas 5 years ago I had more to choose from. Has anyone else noticed this? I do have a master advanced search that weeds out sellers that I dont want to see offerings from which speeds up my search time: tuesdaynightcoins,klondike95,ernie,greatsoutherncoins, heritagegalleriesandauctioneers,heritageauctiongalleries, anaconda.rare.coins,superior,scardinal,i-lgoldbergcoinsandcollectibles[/QUOTE]
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