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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 2199109, member: 28199&quot;]Okay Sully, here&#039;s the breakdown, at least as far as what I would do:</p><p><br /></p><p>In the set you describe in your original post, I wouldn&#039;t even look at the listing after reading this much of a description.&nbsp; Those are way too common, already have these in my set, so I wouldn&#039;t want them.&nbsp; So I would pay $0.00 for this set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming you have all the keys and semi-keys, this changes the game a little.&nbsp; If those coins are raw and ungraded, maybe $100-$300, depending on condition.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Depends on the venue.&nbsp; If you&#039;re offering them in the BST forum here, I don&#039;t know you, can see only pictures that I cannot verify as the actual coins, and am taking a chance that the keys are not fake and you may actually send me the coins.&nbsp; In addition, I have no recourse if you did indeed screw me over (not saying you would, but again, I&#039;m not very trusting of an anonymous internet poster).&nbsp; Then I have to dispose of the extraneous coins in the set that didn&#039;t want, so I&#039;ll need to sell them at price point to at least break even on those.&nbsp; So you&#039;ll get a low offer here.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you decide to list on Craig&#039;s List or similar venue, the only difference in the BST scenario is we could meet and I could examine the coins in hand.&nbsp; Depending on condition (you did say &quot;G4 or better&quot;) and whether I can verify the authenticity of the keys, I may offer a little better price, but I&#039;m still taking a chance so don&#039;t expect anywhere near Red Book, closer to $500-$600.&nbsp; As in the other scenario, without the keys I wouldn&#039;t even respond to the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you decide to post them on eBay, again, I may go a little higher, maybe $600 for the set assuming the keys are there, because I at least have some recourse through PayPal should you decide to screw me, or weren&#039;t accurate in pictures and descriptions.&nbsp; You feedback score is low, which is another red flag for that venue.&nbsp; Without the keys, I would not even respond to the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, assuming you have the keys graded and certified, it changes the game but only a little.&nbsp; Again, I would only be offering a price for the set in line with the keys, and assume the other coins are included for free (this is the same in all these scenarios).&nbsp; Again, pricing would be more in line with 50-60% of Red Book value.&nbsp; I would probably offer somewhere south of Grey Sheet value.&nbsp; I can guarantee I would not exceed either value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, profit depends on the difference between buy and sell prices (we&#039;ll not complicate this by factoring in overhead).&nbsp; Keep in mind that a savvy buyer will know, and base his offer, on the actual value of the items.&nbsp; What you actually paid for the items is irrelevant.&nbsp; I run into this at flea markets all the time, where the seller says something like &quot;I can&#039;t take that offer, I have more than that into it&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;m not paying for the mistake you made in overpaying for the item in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you see, there is no cut and dry answer to your question.&nbsp; There are too many variables to tell you that the set is worth $XXX.00.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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