Teletrade question...mostly for those who sell
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I've never really spent much time there, but it does seem like an easy to use venue now that I've looked around a little. I have about 20 or so slabbed coins that I have either lost interest in or upgraded or accidently duplicated in my buying (go figure). I want to sell, but have not gotten around to it.
I know my options are to either list here on the BST thread, sell myself on ebay, give as a consignment for ebay or maybe use Teletrade. The coins are relatively low value and some are oopsie slabs I'm sure. I would expect anything from $25-$75 pretty much.
So far I have been constrained by limited photography time and skill (a problem for bst and ebay), the lower value (consigning on ebay--the fees would be too much) and lack of good records to remind me what a realistic market value would be (a problem when trying to set a BST price).
Some of what I'm interested in selling are more mainstream (Great Britain, Italy, Japan) but others a little more 'niche'y (Albania, French Somalia, French West Africa).
Would teletrade be a good option?
If selling a double duplicate (yes I bought the same coin 3 times-an MS-65, MS-66 and in MS-67--I was tempted to keep them as a grading set :Funny
. would you send at the same time, or maybe break things up in 2 groups a month or so apart?
Can I hear some opinions? Thanks
Cathy
I know my options are to either list here on the BST thread, sell myself on ebay, give as a consignment for ebay or maybe use Teletrade. The coins are relatively low value and some are oopsie slabs I'm sure. I would expect anything from $25-$75 pretty much.
So far I have been constrained by limited photography time and skill (a problem for bst and ebay), the lower value (consigning on ebay--the fees would be too much) and lack of good records to remind me what a realistic market value would be (a problem when trying to set a BST price).
Some of what I'm interested in selling are more mainstream (Great Britain, Italy, Japan) but others a little more 'niche'y (Albania, French Somalia, French West Africa).
Would teletrade be a good option?
If selling a double duplicate (yes I bought the same coin 3 times-an MS-65, MS-66 and in MS-67--I was tempted to keep them as a grading set :Funny
. would you send at the same time, or maybe break things up in 2 groups a month or so apart? Can I hear some opinions? Thanks
Cathy
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I would think the fees on Teletrade and relatively low sell prices (I've picked some nice greyside at about 50-60% of catalogue) would prevent me from selling on Teletrade.
I've had pretty good results listing items on eBay at 80-90% of cat for BIN and accepting offers that netted a profit after fees.
Of course, you could start by listing them here on the Darkside BST threads using word descriptions and add or send pix later.
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<< <i>Also Jeremy Katz does consignments. I currently have this consigned to him. Great imaging, low fees and a wonderful guy to work with. >>
indeed. Jeremy has gotten some STRONG prices for world coins lately, and he takes great pictures which leads to lots of exposure on ebay from buyers.
<< <i>If selling a double duplicate (yes I bought the same coin 3 times-an MS-65, MS-66 and in MS-67 >>
If you choose to sell these on ebay, list the lowest grade one week, and then list the higher grade the next week. Don't list them at the same time, or you'll end up splitting your potential pool of bidders.
His pics are definitely the best of the bunch. Good guy.
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