Does this realy help sell a coin on the Bay??

Tiny · April 21, 2011 10:23PM

I see more and more auction pictures like this and to me (MOO) it is
very distracting to look at. Most of the time when I see them on a
page I won't click to see the auction. I'm trying to see the coin not
all the little stickers. Do sellers think that it is like a "CAC" sticker or
something. I apologize to any members of the forum that does this.
Any thoughts about it?

tightbudget · April 21, 2011 10:28PM

It's a big turnoff for me as well.

nutmeg · April 21, 2011 10:31PM

There seems to be an obsessive/compulsive nature to plastering stickers all over the holders.
Personally I think it is foolish.

llafoe · April 21, 2011 10:34PM

I'm into scrapbooking so I LOVE it!

hammered54 · April 21, 2011 10:43PM

did it catch your eye? is the coin everything it claims ? is it priced right? ....so maybe it works.
its not like you'll be keeping it in that packaging after its yours.

gonzer · April 21, 2011 10:45PM

It's as bad if not worse than seeing "L@@K!" in the title.

SaorAlba · April 21, 2011 10:46PM

I have seen dealers with whole cases of that garbage - and I blow right on by after a quick glance.

Manorcourtman · April 21, 2011 10:46PM

I just bought from "that sticker guy" and was very pleasantly surprised with his stuff! It's a harmless gimmick, to each his own. I showed my wife the 2 x 2, and she laughed and said it looked like his 8 year daughter must be on the payroll! He must get a bulk sticker discount because he currently has 8,000+ coins on eBay........8,000 x 5 sticks per flip/slab = A LOT OF STICKERS

mbogoman · April 21, 2011 11:27PM

They used to bug me to no end. That's Ebay user 29957blue and he/she is blocked from my canned searches now so I don't have to put up with all that junk. Maybe I'll miss a bargain, but in my experience, most of his stuff wasn't worth the time for the page to paint. JMHO....

Obiwancanoli · April 21, 2011 11:41PM

I blow right past this stuff... and I'm sick of seeing it all the time, as I consistently page down whenever it comes up. Hucksterism. Coins might be decent, I don't know. But to me, this isn't professional, it's carnival.

Twobitcollector · April 22, 2011 2:16AM

I go right by them. It's like a used car lot with all the flags, flashing lights...just a big turn off!!

JamesMurray · April 22, 2011 2:20AM

I would hazard a guess that Yes , it probably does help sell coins. Reason being the free advertising the seller gets , thats got to be the 5th thread fairly recently concerning the same seller.Free advertising all over the coin forums can't hurt.

roadrunner · April 22, 2011 2:38AM

For the typical Joe and Jane6P who buy on ebay it probably does help. The same way it probably helps at flea markets, garage sales, and $1.00 stores. People get pulled in by
signs proclaiming "sale" or "going out of business" (for the 10th time in 10 yrs...lol) or "ware house clearance," etc. There's no reason to believe that the less sophisticated collectors
do indeed fall for this methodology. Just because not more than 1 in 100 buyers here on the forum would be positively influenced matters little....as we as a group are <1% of the coin buying public.

I still recall at one of my local B&M's back in the mid-1970's always had "you missed this bargain" filling all the empty slots in his 2X2 display cases. The bottom line was that those
missing coins probably represented "burials" to the new owners....lol. In the 20 or so years I frequented that store until the owner's passing, I think I only bought 2 decent coins.
One was a near gem $20 saint that made money during the 1973-74 run-up in the price of gold. The other was an AU58/unc 60 1876-cc half that I still lost money on when I finally
sold it.

roadrunner

Steve27 · April 22, 2011 2:53AM

In a funny way those stickers are helpful; IMO those seller's overprice their coins, so I know immediately I don't have to open their auction listings.

guitarwes · April 22, 2011 3:00AM

If I recall correctly, a forum member got an awesome deal on a really rare Seated Quarter that he bought from one of these sticker-eccentric eBay sellers.

It's all about catching the buyers eye. no harm. sometimes they have some good stuff.

blu62vette · April 22, 2011 3:06AM

One of these stickers guys has invaded my DMPL search with way overpriced stuff, very annoying.

johnny9434 · April 22, 2011 3:49AM

all that tells me is its overpriced and theres something wrong. i keep going

DIMEMAN · April 22, 2011 4:00AM

"Buy the coin NOT the holder"

ctf_error_coins · April 22, 2011 4:03AM

at the end of the day, would you rather have that coin, or 3 pizzas

Tiny · April 22, 2011 5:07AM

partagas · April 22, 2011 5:35AM

Only reason I bought this quarter was becuase it was stickered. I heard Tradedollarnut state that he would only buy stickered coins. So I was following his sage advice. And it did grade at PCGS, but I lost the sticker. I am really depressed about this.

Does this realy help sell a coin on the Bay??

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