Which is better: Selling coins as a group or listing them individually?

Gator5220

I'm going to list my 7 remaining ASE Proofs (OGP) on eBay.

Do you think I'll make more moolah listing them separately, or just listing one big lot?

LucyBop

i think i would do em one at a time...

solid

Tough call - the ebay/paypal fees and shipping would be less for a single lot, and it would be
much simpler to deal with one auction versus seven. Even if the final price is a bit lower on
the group versus what you could get individually, you still might come out ahead.

Decisions, decisions...

jonathanb

With seven nearly-identical items, I think it's almost certain that you'd get more by selling them separately. I can't see that anyone would want to pay a premium to get a group, whereas someone might want to pay a premium to get one for their collection. Be sure to spread them out, though -- listing all seven to close at the same time would probably be worse than listing them as a single lot.

In the end, though, ASEs are widgets -- lots of pieces on the market, trading at a consistent price. I don't think the total price will vary a whole lot no matter what you do.

Best of both worlds: List one group of five, and two singles?


The question of "sell as a group or sell individually" is one that interests me in the more general case of non-identical items. I think it's usually better to sell individually there also, but I have seen cases of a 10-item lot where someone interested only in item #2 was bidding against someone interested only in item #8, and the lot as a whole went for much more than it would have gone by listing all of them individually, selling #2 and #8 separately to two bidders uncontested, and having the other items go unsold.


jonathan

carl

Sell separately.

ms70

<< <i>i think i would do em one at a time... >>

itsnotjustme

Separately, but ending close together with a documented shipping discount. Hopefully one or more bidders will be aiming for the shipping discount and get it, but drive the price up. Then they pay with one PP payment vs. two/3/4 lowering the fee.

sinin1

how much do you value your time?

7 transactions takes longer than 1

EJB

....One at a time, I think it will just work out better.....Good Luck.............