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Been away for a while.

Postby biglouddrunk » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:18 pm

I have not been to the message board in a couple years, so I got a couple questions.

Give the end of the Canadian penny what effect has that had on the price they sell for on ebay? Somebody here used to pay 2 cents per shipped.

Also have any other ebay sellers notice copper Lincolns have been selling well lately? I've been getting 1.6 per plus shipping. If they are selling better what has it been exposure, it's certainly not the price of copper doing it.
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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby Z00 » Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:13 pm

If you are getting 1.6, take the money and run.

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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby silverflake » Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:32 pm

WHoa, dude. I wish I read this sooner. I just posted a new thread asking the same thing. To all the Realcenters out there - sorry for the duplication.

Welcome back though.

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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby CardsNCoins » Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:02 am

biglouddrunk wrote:.......Also have any other ebay sellers notice copper Lincolns have been selling well lately? I've been getting 1.6 per plus shipping. If they are selling better what has it been exposure, it's certainly not the price of copper doing it.


I do not sell my copper, but I do keep a watchful eye on eBay to see how sales are going, and I have not seen this.

My search this morning shows the top 12 sales as being $159.99 to $164.99 and all 12 offered free shipping. Then there is a drop to sales of $145.00 + $14.95 shipping.

My examples are for $100/68 pound lots. What face value (or poundage) are you selling that you are getting 1.6 plus shipping?

Just as an FYI, even 1.6 + shipping only nets you 1.38 after fees. And 1.6 + free shipping only nets you 1.28 after fees.
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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay » Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:14 pm

CardsNCoins wrote:
biglouddrunk wrote:.......Also have any other ebay sellers notice copper Lincolns have been selling well lately? I've been getting 1.6 per plus shipping. If they are selling better what has it been exposure, it's certainly not the price of copper doing it.


I do not sell my copper, but I do keep a watchful eye on eBay to see how sales are going, and I have not seen this.

My search this morning shows the top 12 sales as being $159.99 to $164.99 and all 12 offered free shipping. Then there is a drop to sales of $145.00 + $14.95 shipping.

My examples are for $100/68 pound lots. What face value (or poundage) are you selling that you are getting 1.6 plus shipping?

Just as an FYI, even 1.6 + shipping only nets you 1.38 after fees. And 1.6 + free shipping only nets you 1.28 after fees.

That is precisely why I do not sell my coppers. I am happy to wait.
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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby biglouddrunk » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:19 am

I guess I must have been lucky. I make a little more than 1.38 because I have the power seller discount. I figured it to be about 1.45 cent per. Sometime I offer the person some cents off ebay and will sell them for 1.5 per.
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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby johnbrickner » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:36 am

As I have proven several times in the past, I'm not the one to be doin' the math (TY Engineer and others). $1.38 and $1.45 per what, per pound? I couldn't imagine, selling my CTUs for that kind of profit. Not why I'm into the sorting, why others have dropped the idea as a get rich scheme, and give us the opportunity to pick up their Rydale's on the cheap.
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Re: Been away for a while.

Postby fasteddy » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:36 pm

its not dollars it is a multiplier...as in 1.6 multiplied by face...for every cent they are getting 1.6 cents gross, fees come out of that and end up about 1.38 - 1.45 x face. Waiting for the 2 x face to happen again. :thumbup: may be a while though so keep sortin'.
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