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Sell via Heritage or Ebay?

BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
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I have a key date Seated Dime (1885-S VF-20, CDN $1050 & Trends $1400) that I want to sell. I usually sell on Ebay, however, I just got a "Sell 1 Lot Free" coupon from Heritage, which makes me wonder if I should use it for this coin. Any thoughts?

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    barberloverbarberlover Posts: 2,228 ✭✭
    First, make sure what they sent you didn't have any fine print about 5,000 dollar minumums to use what they sent you. But if it's truely 0 fee i'd go with them. Les
    The President claims he didn't lie about taxes for those earning less then $250,000 a year with public mandated health insurance yet his own justice department has said they will use the right of the government to tax when the states appeals go to court.
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Les,
    What the fine print says is $5000 min. for Signature Sales, $2000 for Bullet Auctions and $1000 for Exclusively Internet auctions.
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    PeacemanPeaceman Posts: 5,098
    If you want to wait 45 days for your money, have people figure in 20% over and above the selling price go fot it... I think you are better off putting it on ebay....
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    Catch22Catch22 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭
    Has the coin been certified? If so, ebay should do as well as Heritage.

    A few weeks ago, I saw an 1872 CC dime, raw, cleaned and in VG-8 or so go for over a thousand dollars on ebay. Way over Trends and the bidding was intense.

    If it's not slabbed, I wouldn't go with ebay.


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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Not slabbed yet, but it will be before selling.
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    BigD5BigD5 Posts: 3,433 ✭
    That coin will do fine on Ebay. After $2k or so, then you need to have a following, for the most part, to have consistent results with that level of material.
    BigD5
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    gemtone65gemtone65 Posts: 963 ✭✭✭
    The "sell one lot free" description is misleading. There still will be a 15-20% buyer's charge that you will pay for indirectly in the net amount bid. How much more can they charge you directly, anyway, when the consignment is not "free?"
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    It says no seller's commission. I interpret that as meaning the hammer price plus the 15% comes to me. You mean they normally want the buyer's 15% PLUS a seller's fee?!
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    barberloverbarberlover Posts: 2,228 ✭✭
    Berry, except for certificate discounts all three types of auctions bring the foloowing fee's from heritage; 15 % buyers fee
    5 % sellers fee
    and a 5 % fee on coins with minumum reserves that don't sell. Les
    The President claims he didn't lie about taxes for those earning less then $250,000 a year with public mandated health insurance yet his own justice department has said they will use the right of the government to tax when the states appeals go to court.
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    K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    One other thing to watch out for with Heritage consignments is their absolutely abysmal imaging. I called and asked if I could furnish my own images if I consigned, and the answer was a flat out no.

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