I am a little late on posting my comments, as I just digested this after returning from FUN. First, thier may be other auction sites or venues to sell coins excluding the major houses, but for on-line auctions E-bay is hand down the most popular, and most used. I dont think the other sites like yahoo, and even tellitrade and the likes can even come close in comparison. As a frequent seller, I hate it, but can easily see why E-bay has implemented this, its more money to the bottom line for e-bay(stockholders, company). I think people will gripe and wine, but they will use it like always becuase its the best avenue for selling many types of items as well as coins.
However, For my self, it will definitely change my buying philosophy. Several coins that I have bought and sold were at a thinner margin than I would have liked, but I bought them anyway. That will change starting Feb for me. If I cant make a decent return on purchases for re-sell(factoring in the new fee's), then I will no longer buy them. I can see my e-bay sales slowing down as a general rule after Feb. In the mean time, I will get rid of anything hanging around prior to the new price increase.
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However, For my self, it will definitely change my buying philosophy. Several coins that I have bought and sold were at a thinner margin than I would have liked, but I bought them anyway. That will change starting Feb for me. If I cant make a decent return on purchases for re-sell(factoring in the new fee's), then I will no longer buy them. I can see my e-bay sales slowing down as a general rule after Feb. In the mean time, I will get rid of anything hanging around prior to the new price increase.
jim