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Message:: [QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1010336, member: 13650"]This is a good point.   But it also makes another point.   Sellers are looking to make their profit, on top of you paying the 12% in fees and shipping.  So is it really the cheapest place to buy?  I'd say no.   Shows are.   But I can never wait just for the shows so I do enjoy looking through ebay and occasionally purchasing on ebay.  Why do people bash it?  Because somebody can have 1000 great experiences and 1 bad one.  Just like anything else.  All they will focus on is the bad one and that's all you're going to hear about.  There's definitely some bad apples on there.  I've been ripped off twice.  Neither sale were coins.   Have sent a couple bad coins back and got refunded.   With ebay's buyer protection though, it's a very safe place for buyers now.  Although it can be a hassle with the delays if you ever have to use it.  But better than just being out.   Sellers are the only ones that should have a complaint, for the most part.  It's a buyer's market, it protects buyers more, and they lose the fees.   Ebay could easily survive on 5% in total fees.  But the stockholders wouldn't.  Not much they can do.[/QUOTE]