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Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:58 pm
by Derek.Sheriff
Someone just used the 'buy now" function on eBay to buy a mini-CTU I had listed for auction there. They paid $38 and got free shipping. So when you factor in all the eBay lisitng fees, plus PayPal's percentage, and shipping cost, that comes out to about .0155 per copper cent :geek:

Final value fee: 9%
So for 31 that's 3.42 for ebay
paypal takes 2.9% + .30
which comes to $1.50
-5.15 for shipping
That $10.07 total.

So I made $27.93 on $18 fv of coppers. That's $9.93 profit. Not bad IMHO. The bad news for him is that he could have gotten the same deal for $26 instead of $38 if only he had been a realcent member and seen my "Buy it now" listing :?

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:43 pm
by fb101
Congratulations on the sale!

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:51 pm
by bman
it's not too late to invite him to the party ;)

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:55 pm
by jacer333
Use it as a chance to introduce the buyer to realcent and hopefully grow our family by one :)

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:43 am
by HoardCopperByTheTon
Brace yourself for all the copycat ads. :mrgreen:

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:42 am
by HoardCopperByTheTon
Congrats on the sale. Now you just need 3 more Ryedales. :mrgreen:

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:20 pm
by CU Baker
Copper took a jump along with the royal metals today. Maybe we can all start selling a little more soon.

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:04 am
by Derek.Sheriff
HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:Congrats on the sale. Now you just need 3 more Ryedales. :mrgreen:


Thanks! I gotta increase the volume and efficiency of my incoming supply of unsorted pennies first before I get a second and third Ryedale :lol:

Suggestions for doing that are welcome :!:

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:09 am
by Derek.Sheriff
CU Baker wrote:Copper took a jump along with the royal metals today. Maybe we can all start selling a little more soon.


There's still no really good substitute for copper. The global economy has slowed down, but millions of Asians who are becoming accustomed to a higher standard of living aren't just going decide that they no longer want the kind of stuff Americans take for granted :)

Re: Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:33 am
by HoardCopperByTheTon
CU Baker wrote:Copper took a jump along with the royal metals today. Maybe we can all start selling a little more soon.

I suspect there may be a few stockpiles around here waiting for the higher prices. :mrgreen: