Originally Posted by setex (Post 1157079)

Another reason not to give up on ebay: I got a message earlier today from ebay for 10% off purchase price of an item if using Paypal, THEN received an email from ebay with a $10 off shipping coupon. I just scored a 1987 $5 US gold constitution commemorative for about $25 below spot, even after s/h and insurance. :D

Originally Posted by TheGrayGhost (Post 1161229)

Dang, no coupon in my in box..

Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 1166354)

I used my 10% off coupon on my 5 oz. Engelhard Statue of Liberty bar - total cost incl. shipping = $90.95 =$18.19/oz
Got it an it's a beauty and auction NEVER mentioned minted and assayed by Engelhard so I was thrilled when I opened the package.

I used one of my $10 off shipping for (10) Sunshine Silver 1 oz. bars in cases for BIN of $175.00 = $17.50/oz ( should be here tomorrow)

I used 4 of my 5 auctions with free listing fees with 1 more to go. Just need to look around the house for something higher end to sell with a BIN because I'm not wasting a free listing on an item where the listing fee is 35�

*~*Joey*~*

Originally Posted by Irons (Post 1217787)

Man I hope some of you were on ebay last night because it diden't seem like any other silver buyers were.I tossed out a mercy bid on 10 1oz NWT bars in plastic and won them $184 insured UPS.
Probably a good thing I diden't bid on others because I sure diden't expect to get that one.:applause_

Originally Posted by the toxic avenger (Post 1167819)

You can always find rolls of 40% halves on ebay shipped for under spot. You can sometimes find decent deals on 90% also. I've pretty much given up on trying to buy any .999 on ebay though.

Originally Posted by RatHoler (Post 1217805)

I hear you. I picked up a couple of rolls of SAE's for as good as of price as I have ever gotten on ebay. My bids were also early bids, the snipers were silent last night. My theory was yesterday was the first day after the expiration of the ebay 10% coupons and many bidders were not around or had blown their wads on bigger purchases.

Tonight looks like a different story with the auctions I had targeted. :banghead:

Originally Posted by Pounces On Ounces (Post 1380167)

Able to sell Silver Maples for $21 all day on Ebay, not bad when I just paid $13.25 for 'em at BullionDirect. These premiums are ridiculous! I wonder how long this can last? Can't turn down buyers that are willing to pay well over 2x the spot price!:ok:

Originally Posted by Chris_Is_Here (Post 1380229)

eBay is dying....traffic is down about 2/3 from a year ago...also, they hiked selling fees recently (as high as 12%+ on small-dollar items).....it's no longer a viable market for many sellers......I had a philatelic business on eBay, but I scrapped it recently due to these reasons...

Originally Posted by j-son (Post 1380170)

do you sell them per roll or individually? i saw a couple of auctions for 100 maples at a time for about $1900

Originally Posted by Pounces On Ounces (Post 1380254)

Individual listings seem to get the higher premiums for me.

Sold under one of my accounts earlier tonight:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=190262434148

$21 w/ buy-it-now (maybe live.com buyers?), of course I'll have to pay Ebay fees so its prob. more like $18.50 or so. Still, not bad...

Originally Posted by traderken (Post 1380265)

Uhh..that link must be wrong cause that action ended with a BIN for 16.95

Originally Posted by TaxHaven (Post 1161896)

Those 10% off coupons only work if you're an American and Ebay doesn't realize that Amerika is no longer where the real money is now anyway... maybe they'll figure that out in the years to come!

Originally Posted by Saul Mine (Post 1380692)

Today I bought a 1924 silver dollar for 99 cents + $4.80 S&H. It was like 12 minutes before the end and nobody had bid on it.