Does instant gratification hinder coin sales?
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I recently purchased an item from Amazon and it arrived the next day. I remember as a kid purchasing novelty items from the back page of comic books and waiting a couple of months for the items to arrive.
Is the day of instant gratification hurting coin sales? For example, are there people who will order from you on eBay and sent a note just a few days later wondering where their coin is?
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I'm sure it does. I don't know why, but it seems like some people are just looking for reasons to be dissatisfied.
That's been true since the dawn of the internet. I even once had someone take 7 days to pay me. I shipped on the 8th day. On the 10th day they emailed me and asked where their item was.
I have to answer that question several times a month. With regards to selling on eBay, it doesn't help that they tell the buyer when to expect First Class mail delivery while the post office doesn't guarantee delivery dates for anything but Express Mail.
Don't forget that all customers want FREE shipping but EXPRESS MAIL delivery times.
Will drones deliver my worn out Chain cent in the near future?
With the internet speed and the instant gratification of hand held devices it's no wonder people are impatient. I swear I see people in their cars at red lights reaching for the devices trying to change the light to green. Impulsive.
No real problems on first class and Priority. On Registered I hold my breath as 10 calendar days seems to once again be the norm.
I believe instant gratification increases sales.
Everything is quicker now, take advantage of it.
First Class mail is instant gratification?
That is why so many collectors collect modern series. They don't have the patience to put together a set of Barber halves when they can put a set of Franklins or Kennedy halves in a couple of days or less, all in MS67.
Most of the crowd who has "done" coins for a long time seems to know that in numismatics 'patience is a virtue' and that 'good things come to those who can wait'. Few coins are unique, few are irreplaceable, and coinage is mostly mass-produced widgets.
While I pay attention when an especially nice coin is in the postal or private delivery systems headed towards me, I don't think in terms of instant gratification.
Amazon sent me eight large cans of Prestone De-Icer this week, which were ordered late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, and arrived Friday morning (today) before 10 AM. And then the weather forecast changed to less threatening!
I agree......
As a dealer especially. I've paid, well let's just say, 800 dollars for a coin. The guy next to me offers 850.
Boom,done.....fifty bucks, instant gratification, and a coin sale.....
Most of the coins I buy these days ship from Europe.
7-10 days is the normal wait time. I’ve had packages that took as long as 45 days if there’s a customs delay.
The wait used to bother me because I am used to instant gratification, but I’ve learned to at least somewhat get used to it.
I'm so instant gratification that I look on Amazon for a book and then drive to the bookstore and pay a bit more so I have it in my hot paws and don't have to wait a day.
I hired a stenographer so that I can get a post up in 11 seconds instead of the usual minute and a half.
For some, instant gratification is not soon enough....
While for others (such as myself), we just order, and when it gets here, we sometimes have no idea what is in the package.....been so long we forgot....like Christmas present surprise.... 
Cheers, RickO
Instant gratification happens for me When I Buy the coin.
Secondary gratification is when I Get the coin.
How long it takes to get to me, I could care less.
I don't know. You can probably put together a set of barber halves in the same amount of time if you want to spend that much money. Not on 67, of course