Am I expecting too much from sellers on low priced coins?

coinrookie

I have looked at numerous coins on ebay. They are raw coins. Probably in the 20-50 buck range. I have sent various emails asking if a spot was a spot or reflected light etc. You know what I mean. I have yet to recieve 1 email in response. Am I expecting too much on these lower priced coins? Some sellers have several coins I am interested in. So by not answering about one coin I loose interest in the others.
Thanks for letting me vent. It just seems that if you list a coin, if
you want to sell it, provide a little service. If the coin is not worth your time to reply to a question about it, then you should not list the danged coin anyway.

ksteelheader

I simply think that no reply warrants no bid........................Ken

MadMarty

When a buyer sends me a question I will always get back to them within 24 hours...

Lakesammman

I ask questions (of unfamiliar sellers) even if I don't have a question - it lets me know what kind of responsiveness I can expect if a problem arises down the road. If they don't answer, I don't bid.

jeffnpcb

I wouldn't be angry if the time frame was several days, but with time being an issue over the weekend, you may have to go with a gut feeling and return rights. I don't think you can press someone over a weekend if that is the case! Best to wait it out if possible or keep on the search.

MacCoin

I ask but the sell tell me as little as they can. when I pay less than book for a coin off the net I get what I pay for when the coin come. I brought a AU liberty nickel for fine prices it got to me it was vf/xf so who losses?

satootoko

I've had about 25% prompt replies, 25% day or so replies, and 50% no replies to similar e-mails. That reduces my potential bid targets by a little over 50%, since some of the day or sos are too late to do any good. I never bid before getting an answer.

Barry

No, you're not asking too much, regardless of the coin's value. No reply = no bid as far as I'm concerned.
Ebay rule #1: If you have any reason not to bid on an item, don't. Another will come along.

sinin1

I buy and sell periodically and agree with the previous posts.

If a seller does not get back to me, I think he is not willing to help and knows he is intentionally deceiving/misleading. There are thousands of coins at internet auction, why should I buy that one. Sometimes I ask something because the picture/description do not match (1937 coin pictured - 1936 coin described) - sometimes I ask if that is the set selling or stock photos - sometimes I ask what the slab says (okay I know it is in a PCGS/NGC/ANACS/ICG slab - what did they call it?)

As a seller, I try to get back with questions answered or additional photos as soon as possible - I also take it to mean I screwed up and left something out of the description or my scan/photo suck for what this guy wants to see.

Today I had a 7-day auction close that I received a question on last week - it was a dark coin and the guy was curious about die-cracks and locations. I sent him 5 photos/blowups answering his questions. He used sniping software (I think) and put his only bid in 6 seconds before the close - which was the high bid and he won. He emailed me shortly afterward and said he probably wasn't going to bid except the additional photos showed him something he liked. That bidder probably bumped up the final sale value $20-30 more than I would have got otherwise.

Now I kinda wish I would have made those better photos before and put them in the listing and given eBay another couple bucks - who knows how much more I could have gotten.

If the seller does not have enough time to answer my question, I do not have enough time to bid on ANY of their coins.

fcloud

Maybe all the sellers were at the LB show, and they'll get back to you during the week.