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usacoinbook.com - I'm thinking about doing some selling there instead of ebay. 2% fee, plus paypal fees, plus you have to pay their paypal fees (?) - either way, it's cheaper than ebay.
So.. I signed up, got everything set up, went to list a Lincoln Dansco set... Here we go, my very first auction there.. I select the category - small cents>lincolns>wheat.......... and it just gives a list of every date from 1909-1958 and I'm supposed to select one, as if all I can sell are individual coins. I don't see any way to put a set up in that category. I think I could use the generic 'collections' category, but I'd rather not. Not off to a good start.
Anyone sell there? Is the site really this poorly thought out? I dunno, maybe I should give it another shot.. ?
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I had not known about this site... Will look at it... Cheers, RickO
You may consider listing them here as well @CoinCoins ... for no fee? Good luck
I haven't heard of them. The advantage of eBay is it gets more traffic, it sure is not the least expensive route.
Your attempt to avoid eBay fees may well result in other problems. You need to research the alternate site before you list anything. I had never heard of it before your post.
Good information, thanks !!!
I've never heard of it and that means a lot of other people have not. This means less traffic and less people bidding, resulting in a lower selling price.
I would do more research before listing.
Good luck. Donato
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I've purchased two DBLCs from two different sellers on USA Coin Book. Both coins - as well as their delivery - met with my satisfaction. I check the site once in a while but seldom are there new listings. A lot of what I see there is over-priced and has apparently been collecting dust for a long time.
Smitten with DBLCs.
If a seller sells an item which is being offered other places for sale I don’t see a way to cancel a sale .. or if there’s a listing error where it’s listed for an extraordinary and obviously wrong price (ie listing a coin for the shipping price accidentally ), I don’t see an option to cancel sale ? Is there ?
Thanks Scott
And to everyone saying they get less traffic and to not list there .. sure .. agreed .. in auction format. But it sure can’t hurt to list fixed priced (BIN) items there
Flat price is flat price .. personally I prefer a 2% seller fee over 15+% all in with eBay
But that’s just me
Like most of you I just heard of them a couple weeks ago and just listed some raw better date Morgan’s there
Unfortunately for me I listed an 1892-0 VF for $1.95 when $1.95 was supposed to be the shipping charge .. of course a buyer immediately bought it
I don’t see any way of recourse or at least an offer to cancel sale . I sent the buyer an email explaining what happened (like they don’t already know it’s clearly a mistake when melt value alone is $21). In good faith I offered them a $10 discount off the real price of $48. No response yet from the buyer
Messaged coinbookusa help asking if there’s anything I can do and still waiting for supper to answer
( I just emailed them an hour ago)
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I browse and purchase there regularly.
Z
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I've made buying mistakes there. I asked the seller to cancel. Folks seem to be more realistic on that site.
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
I’ve used the site recently to find old and out of business holders. So far, all great experiences with good sellers.
Tim
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Technically if you made a mistake while listing, there is no legal contract of sale because there was no "meeting of the minds" in terms of coming to an agreement on price. Platform rules may differ.
My advice is ship it and own your mistake. $30 errors suck but could be a lot worse.
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