SPEAKING OF EBAY!!

BAJJERFAN

I see any number of eBay listings where a seller has gone to great pains to state that a coin set is sold out from the Mint, blah, blah, blah big fancy writeup; stuff like that.

So how many 3 coin ASE sets do you think get sold to someone who accidentally stumbles on them on eBay or are most sold to someone who knows what he/she is looking for? In other words are big fancy promotional things a waste of time on eBay?

Jcarney

The great majority are probably sold to those who are looking for them and know exactly what it is they're after. The only time I would use "sold out" in the title is immediately after a sell out when even the knowledgeable may not know there's been a sellout.

WinPitcher

It is only HYPE.

Steve

Barndog

call it what you may, but hype often works. Closing prices over the years say so.

basestealer

Blame shop at home. They're selling the 20th anniversary sets for $5K. People see them on ebay for 1/5th that and think it's a steal.

Rodius

<< <i>call it what you may, but hype often works. Closing prices over the years say so. >>





marketing 101

WinPitcher

I did not mean to imply that it was a bad thing (HYPE) but the fact remains all that glitter is just that...............HYPE

And yes it does work.



Steve

basestealer

Well you certainly aren't going to sell a coin, or any product with descriptions such as
"The mint made like a billion of these worthless things. The face value is $1 and it contains about $13 worth of silver, but the mint charged me $100 for it. Every idiot and his cousin is hysterical over this garbage but we both know in a year these will be as worthless as everything else the mint produces. By the way, the buy it now price is $4999, and my reserve is set at $3500 to protect my investment. Happy bidding and don't say I didn't warn you"

WinPitcher

LOL


Steve

BAJJERFAN

Well you certainly aren't going to sell a coin, or any product with descriptions such as
"The mint made like a billion of these worthless things. The face value is $1 and it contains about $13 worth of silver, but the mint charged me $100 for it. Every idiot and his cousin is hysterical over this garbage but we both know in a year these will be as worthless as everything else the mint produces. By the way, the buy it now price is $4999, and my reserve is set at $3500 to protect my investment. Happy bidding and don't say I didn't warn you"

.............

True; but then again I don't NEED to be told that a 93-s Morgan is a rare coin [which IMO it isn't] or that the Morgan dollar was designed by George Morgan or a 3 paragragh history of the Comstock lode and all that kind of stuff.