OT- Does ebay ever get stuck???
Barbara
this on ebay or even if it would garner a reply...
I have a $10 gold liberty NGC ms62 listed on ebay. It has been sitting at
.99 for 2 days now. That doesn't bother me but the fact that it only has 12
hits does. I don't know how to post a link to it but here is the item #,
220459319626. I would greatly appreciate it if some kind soul could take a
peek and let me know if there is something wrong with the way I listed my
item. Is this a common case with gold coins- so I won't freak out every time
I list one ?
Thanks so much.
Barbara
Mr. Jaggers
I see two things that will turn off many a looky lou. First, the $12
shipping charge will seem excessive to many (of course, many will not be
bothered with the truth regarding the costs of shipping stuff these days,
they'd rather just ignorantly complain). Second, the listing states, "No
returns accepted." I consider this the more serious. OK, so the coin is
certified, but no online picture is a substitute for having the merchandise
in hand to look at in good light. I suggest you modify that policy.
Of course, no one knows any of this until they "hit" the auction and open
the listing, so the number of hits is not at all related to your terms of
sale or the quality of the listing. Only the auction title plays a role in
that, and I see no problem with your title whatsoever.
Fret not, all it takes is two watchers out there who will post snipe bids 6
seconds before auction's end, and you will get decent money for your coin.
Good luck!
James
Thomas A.
I agree with James. The $12 S&H is fine - it's insured priority mail. You
will probably want to allow returns - this is a comforting and expected
offer in a legit coin sale. If the buyer doesn't like it for whatever
reason, you'll take it back. Sure, why not? Pretty standard.
Personally, I appreciate that you didn't do the usual carnie huckster
routine. Throwing around glamorous words like "rare" (my personal
favorite), "MS62 - but looks better", "proof-like", "deep mirrors", "key
date" generally do little but irritate anyone with more than two cooperating
brain cells. You have a very nice coin listing. Good luck.
Thomas A.
PS - I'd bid on it but I don't collect generic gold.
Mr. Jaggers
But Thomas, you left out "from my grandfather's collection" and "has been
off the market for half a century".
James the Barker
Bill Krummel
"Barbara" <lot...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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1) Find the address bar on your browser, generally at the top of your
monitor screen.
2) left click in the address bar, which should highlight the contents of the
address bar.
3) right click in the address bar, a drop down menu should appear.
4) select the copy command by using a left click.
5) right click in your post to rcc and select the paste command from the
drop down menu.
I tried to help by placing a bid even though I have never collected gold and
don't want to start now. My bid is cheap enough that I won't complain if I
win. In fact, it is cheap enough I have room to place a last minute snipe
bid and still be cheap. Most of the time, in my eBay coin-selling
experience, the bids don't happen until the last few minutes of the auction.
Bill
Thomas A.
Oh, man! I knew I'd forget one. Somehow that mental image of the doddering
old gray-haired, bespectacled curmudgeon holding that old, old coin in his
shaky hand can add twenty bucks to the coin's value. Hurl.
Barbara
I will amend my return policy- I usually accept returns on everything I
sell, for some reason I thought it was "smart" not to accept returns for
gold (being tied to the spot price and all) but maybe it sounds too
greedyish (is that a word) after all. After all, "I" wouldn't like a no
return policy either.
Barbara
"Bill Krummel" <dqu...@netins.net> wrote in message
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Mr. Jaggers
> Thanks to all for your kind help.
> I will amend my return policy- I usually accept returns on everything
> I sell, for some reason I thought it was "smart" not to accept
> returns for gold (being tied to the spot price and all) but maybe it
> sounds too greedyish (is that a word) after all. After all, "I"
> wouldn't like a no return policy either.
There are reasons not to worry that the coin would come back. First, the
value of gold bullion would have to fall considerably to offset the buyer's
expense of shipping both ways. Second, coined gold, particularly slabbed
gold, is normally not an item of speculation because of the additional
numismatic premium involved. Sure, you may have the misfortune to attract a
hot-shot buyer who causes trouble just because he can, but that's a problem
no matter what you're selling.
James
note.boy
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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Also missing are, highly sort (sic) after, an asset to any collection when
the coin is a piece of junk, claiming high grade when it's actually very low
grade, quoting the catalogue price for a high grade example when the coin on
offer is very low grade, keeping as much info as possible private, ALL CAPS
in a variety of garish colours. Billy
note.boy
The description starts off with, "you are bidding on", no one is when
looking at the listing for the first time, this is one of my pet hates and
if others think likewise it could lose you some bids. Billy
mazorj
"note.boy" <note...@naespamntlworld.com> wrote in message
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I haven't looked, but I trust you also didn't say L@@K !
A definite put-off.
Bruce Remick
Sometimes I'd rather see all that stuff in the auction description than
those auctions with one line of vague decription that repeats the title and
then three pages of the seller's "creed".
Mr. Jaggers
I think you should say "screed" here.
James the Didactic
mazorj
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
> Bruce Remick wrote:
...
>> Sometimes I'd rather see all that stuff in the auction description
>> than those auctions with one line of vague decription that repeats
>> the title and then three pages of the seller's "creed".
>
> I think you should say "screed" here.
>
> James the Didactic
Of which, the past tense often is: screwed
- mazorj the Skeptic
Bruce Remick
"mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I think we should all get together for a beer before this gets out of hand.
Jerry Dennis
> "note.boy" <note....@naespamntlworld.com> wrote in message
>
> - Show quoted text -
Kind of like Mrs. Harold's Widow, eh? :-)
Jerry
