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Great Collections auctions better than Ebay?
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Looks like GC is offering better quality coins than ebay.. had A chance to win some coins priced better than bid ..... still lost
Many more PCGS coins on Great Collections
Many more PCGS coins on Great Collections
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how do the 2 even get compared?
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt
<< <i>there should be a lower buyer's fee on high dollar items. >>
What other auction companies charge lower on high dollar items?
Great collections charges $3 listing fee also.
Member, Society of Silver Dollar Collectors.
Looking for PCGS AU58+ 1901-P, 1896-O, & 1894-O
If you find a good seller on eBay that posts good photos, they have the opportunity to be much better than GC in this realm.
This is my only complaint about GC. I would love to buy things from them but cannot as they make it impossible for me. Read from the link above that got very little notice.
I have sold one thing through them and I had a great experience. I only wish to be given the opportunity to buy from them.
From the thread I linked to above, I demonstrate a clear way for GC to differenciate themselves even more from other auction houses. They need larger quality photos. Simple.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
<< <i>One thing that makes eBay BETTER is this: [L=THEIR PHOTO SIZES!] >>
I agree.
When their pictures improve I'll probably start visiting their site.
Would love to sell on GC, but some of what I would sell are toned coins and I have, so far, not been impressed by their photos of toned coins.
On the buying side, I just haven't seen much f what I am looking for (EAC, toned IHC proofs, toned Roosevelts we need, etc).
Again, I would love to through some business their way, on both sides of the deal, but I am just a collector and not a dealer, so what I have needs for is a bit selective as I don't have people I am selling to.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
I do not think you can compare GC or any other coin auction site to eBay. When you buy coins off the internet
you need to look at all the venues that are available to you. For a collector to say, I will not buy from this site
or that site then they are not using all the tools they have at their disposal. A buyer wants selection, good prices,
best pictures available, lowest if even no buyer's fee and a number of other things. Where a seller wants lots of
lookers, low insertion and selling fees, fast listing of their auctions and quick payment from buyer or auction
site plus the least hassle of shipping and contact with potential buyers.
It is a real chore to find all these things in one place so that is why there are so many ways to buy and sell coins
with the age of internet sales. I like Great Collections to sell and buy but I do not limit myself to one site or try to
compare different sites to one another nor do I think it can or should be done. Neither can or should it be said that
one site rules and has got it all because they don't.
I wish one of the search engine people would come up with a say Google Coin or Bing Coin or Joe's Coin search engine
devoted totally to finding what a coin or currency collector types into the box to search for. Heck it would be nice that if
the auctions site had better search features to find coins. Dad burn eBay changes theirs every week and I really hate that.
We have so much out there to use we need to use it and find what we want. Isn't the hunt at least have the enjoyment
of collecting?
Tiny: You had a ton of coins for sale on GC. How did they do?
This thread in BST still has me chuckling. HERE:
The coin ended up selling for $996. I know it was not meant to be, but it sure turned out as an endorsement for eBay!
Bryan, I have like anywhere from 100 to 200 coins listed with Ian at GC and some weeks are better
than others. I like having them with GC for many reasons but mostly it is kind of like having a store
where collectors can look over my coins plus hundreds more. I list coins on eBay and you would think
that there would be more lookers there but honestly I have had more hits on the same or same type
coin on Great Collections, go figure. Ian is making his site a name in the coin auction business and I
send him a couple a hundred coins every few months and it's like money in the bank with a check
coming from him every couple of weeks and not waiting 30 days. He built Teletrade to where it was
and look at them now since he's gone and watch GC as it will continue to grow.
<< <i>This thread in BST still has me chuckling. HERE:
The coin ended up selling for $996. I know it was not meant to be, but it sure turned out as an endorsement for eBay! >>
looks like the picture cut the interest .. I looked at the coin but the photo was a turn off
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<< <i>there should be a lower buyer's fee on high dollar items. >>
What other auction companies charge lower on high dollar items? >>
Ebay. 6% seller fee with an ebay store, another 20% less for a top rated seller. And yes, with BIN listings a savy seller has the buyer paying the fee.
GC has no more overhead on a $3000 coin than it does on a $500 coin yet collects a ton more in fees on the $3000 coin. To buy that $3000 coin at GC a buyer has to shell out $3300. To compensate, a GC seller has to start his auction price below market value and risks closing for less than market value.
I also don't like the idea of a consignor not being able to do a buy it now on GC, or having to compete with GC's in-house buy it now listings that can be purchased for a lower total price without the buyer having to pay a premium.
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt
Agreed, can't stand that.
From a selling point of view, remove the $3 fee to list the item too. GC is making more than enough in site advertising to make up for this.
By they way, what's your cut for getting this thread started to drum up business for GC?
<< <i>A 1995 W Silver Eagle PCGS PF 70 DCAM sold for $ 55,000+ with juice on Sunday >>
It sold for $55k with the juice on Sunday...a far cry from the $80k+ they previously sold one. To me, it looks like the consignor didn't do so well on that purchase.
<< <i>Don't like paying a buyers fee
Agreed, can't stand that.
From a selling point of view, remove the $3 fee to list the item too. GC is making more than enough in site advertising to make up for this.
By they way, what's your cut for getting this thread started to drum up business for GC?
Site advertising? We don't make any money in site advertising - are you confusing us with another firm?
Our goal is to maintain the lowest fees in the business. Yes, we do have nominal listing fees. I have to add, for coins under $100, where the $3 fee is applicable, we don't make money on these coins. It's why many auction houses (in coins and other industries) don't accept low value coins. We offer these coins as a service to the bidder and consignor.
Interesting feedback and thank you for the support. For the image sizes, which a couple of board members would like increased for dimes and pennies, we're currently testing this.
- Ian
Owner/Founder GreatCollections
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<< <i>Interesting feedback and thank you for the support. For the image sizes, which a couple of board members would like increased for dimes and pennies, we're currently testing this.
- Ian >>
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
JH
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<< <i>Don't like paying a buyers fee
Agreed, can't stand that.
From a selling point of view, remove the $3 fee to list the item too. GC is making more than enough in site advertising to make up for this.
By they way, what's your cut for getting this thread started to drum up business for GC?
I have no connection to GC.... GC is a liquid buying site with quality coins . I and my coin club members will move from buying on he bay to 1st looking at Great Collecions . Ebay has less pricey coins than in the past. After spending mid 5 figures a year on the bay coins .. they no longer have the selling depth
As for buyer fee who here is a buyer of Heritage auctions where you pay 18 % buyer juice ? What are ebay seller's fees ?
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<< <i>A 1995 W Silver Eagle PCGS PF 70 DCAM sold for $ 55,000+ with juice on Sunday >>
It sold for $55k with the juice on Sunday...a far cry from the $80k+ they previously sold one. To me, it looks like the consignor didn't do so well on that purchase. >>
There were a bunch more made AFTER that $80K+ sale so it's unrealistic to expect that similar coins would sell for $80K or so.
MY COINS FOR SALE AT https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/other/bajjerfans-coins-sale/3876
<< <i>The images, while nice, are not of the quality I want. For $60k a year (including benefits) or so, you could probably hire a photographer to image incoming shipments of coins in a standard quick shoot method. Once I have my laptop plugged in and my lights where I want them, it really takes me about 3 minutes to shoot and crop a coin. There are 440 minutes in an 8hr shift... times 5 days a week is 2200 minutes. That's enough time to shoot 733 coins a week. Let's say you alter the setup from time to time and take your time with some coins and drop that to 650 a week. With 3 weeks PTO a year, you get 650*49... 31,850 images a year. That's $1.88 per coin to be imaged. I think a $2-$2.50 fee per coin for high quality imaging would be acceptable to most consignors. >>
I see no reason why this much attention should be lavished on common ms64 Morgans. Once the coin exceeds a certain $$ value [say $400] I could see better pix being a must.
MY COINS FOR SALE AT https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/other/bajjerfans-coins-sale/3876
in Cherrypicking nice coins.
That's my only rib. And I threw this out over a year ago to GC and nothing has changed. Perhaps it is too
difficult to do, I don't know.
bob
I here there is a web site where the auctions have No seller's or buyer's fees. The seller posts the
best picture he can and I'm sure they will post one that is just like what they would like to have
when trying to cherry pick or see flaws in the coin weather it is $5. or $5000. The buyer will receive
payment in any form they wish ie: check, cash, MO, PP or trade and also will ship their sales themselves
via any way they want. There are over 37,000 registered member available to sell to and all are collectors
of some kind. Sounds like a real good selling platform doesn't it. Here is the link:
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larger image than the basic one. Nothing like what you posted.
bob
<< <i>I have no idea how you did that Todd. I just went to the site and tried to enlarge and only get a slightly
larger image than the basic one. Nothing like what you posted.
bob >>
Click the bottom right corner
<< <i>Are people blowing up the large images? I dont see how people think these are small:
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Yes! When looking at coins the size of a dinner plate, everything is fine...but when you look at coins the size of a cent, dime, half dime, gold dollar etc....the size of the slab stays the same for all of the coins and you really can't see anything.
I don't think you have seen this thread yet.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
I don't use a Mac
bob
bob
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<< <i>Are people blowing up the large images? I dont see how people think these are small:
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Yes! When looking at coins the size of a dinner plate, everything is fine...but when you look at coins the size of a cent, dime, half dime, gold dollar etc....the size of the slab stays the same for all of the coins and you really can't see anything.
I don't think you have seen this thread yet. >>
I have seen that thread. If you have an item you need a bigger image have you emailed them? I am sure they will send you an even larger image.
<< <i>I did that and get an image about 1/3 the size that you are showing.
I don't use a Mac
bob >>
I click the image to enlarge, then I click the bottom right corner where there are the 4 arrows. Get me the image I linked in this thread.
bob
Actually I found them and that is so not friendly, unless you know the trick. How many people mouse
around the image after they click on the enlarge button? Lame
Just do a mouse over, don't reinvent the wheel. It's already being done on the worlds largest auction site.
bob
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<< <i>Are people blowing up the large images? I dont see how people think these are small:
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Yes! When looking at coins the size of a dinner plate, everything is fine...but when you look at coins the size of a cent, dime, half dime, gold dollar etc....the size of the slab stays the same for all of the coins and you really can't see anything.
I don't think you have seen this thread yet. >>
I have seen that thread. If you have an item you need a bigger image have you emailed them? I am sure they will send you an even larger image. >>
There are 30 varieties that PCGS blesses for the Mercury Dime Series. I would be emailing them every week asking them for larger photos for many coins...not to mention the varieties that PCGS does not currently bless. GC would probably ban me with that many requests every week.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
I doubt GC would ban you. They might direct your email to their junk folder, however ...
"cc" I get 171 listings. If I scroll down to say an 1878 cc dollar and click and view when I hit the back button
it takes me back to the beginning of the search function, not the place I left off. So, I'm always starting over
even though I just want to view the next coin.
Help.
bob