Garage Sale / Coins...

Coll3ctor

I'm having my first garage sale of the year and have marked hundreds of lower value coins and sets. So far the gals are out buying the guys 3 to 1

BlindedByEgo

Best of luck - I'll be interested in reading the outcome. Nice that you 1) save eBay fees and 2) it's not another eBay thread

Bochiman

Man! You should have told me!
I could have shipped you some wheaties to sell for 25c each and then let go for 10c each as a bargain
(so, what are you selling to these folks?)

Coll3ctor

<< <i>Man! You should have told me!
I could have shipped you some wheaties to sell for 25c each and then let go for 10c each as a bargain
(so, what are you selling to these folks?) >>




Proofs sets, mint sets at a average of $5.50, full date buffalo nickels ($0.50 each), wheat cents ($0.04 each ), retail acrylic cased sets, etc, etc... You have to watch them like a hawk as a few have sticky fingers. Last year I sold well over $550.00 worth and around $50.00 walked out for free. I have since refined my operations

coinandcurrency242

<< <i>I'm having my first garage sale of the year and have marked hundreds of lower value coins and sets. So far the gals are out buying the guys 3 to 1 >>



I would think the opposite!! you must have some good female friends!!

TavernTreasures

Maybe not a good idea giving strangers the impression that you have coins in your home. Possibly setting up at a flea market might be safer.

options26

Sound like your selling them to cheap for the venue. I walked into one the other day that common 80's-90's proof sets for $15-$20 each and common G-VG Indian Cents for $2 each. They were selling them like crazy. The customers were buying regardless of marked price. It seemed like a live version of the Home Shopping Network, where uneducated(coin dumb, not dumb-dumb) people buy things they know nothing about and think they are getting a deal.

Coll3ctor

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<< <i>I'm having my first garage sale of the year and have marked hundreds of lower value coins and sets. So far the gals are out buying the guys 3 to 1 >>



I would think the opposite!! you must have some good female friends!! >>






One older woman just left with over $200.00 worth. She had to go to the bank and come back.

Coll3ctor

<< <i>Sound like your selling them to cheap for the venue. I walked into one the other day that common 80's-90's proof sets for $15-$20 each and common G-VG Indian Cents for $2 each. They were selling them like crazy. The customers were buying regardless of marked price. It seemed like a live version of the Home Shopping Network, where uneducated(coin dumb, not dumb-dumb) people buy things they know nothing about and think they are getting a deal. >>





I figure if I can sell the stuff for more than I could on eBay after all of the fees I'm happy. This low end stuff piles up every winter and I just want it gone.

DBSTrader2

What do you have left? Maybe I could use some of them to fill holes in my kids' collections. PM me if you get a chance........... I'll PM you.........

robkool

I've sold a few coins at garage/yard sales, with great success...

Bear

I may be having a sale of genuine bear coins,

from my pocket change. Guaranteed un searched.

However I did look them over lightly for rarities.