Cleaning & Polishing (1)
How do you make your coins shiny?
Actually they aren’t really shiny yet because it’s really hard to take pictures of shiny coins. The coins pictured have been cleaned (unless otherwise stated) with Brasso which leaves them a bit dull. Once we took the picture we polish them (the pennies I mean) with Autosol and than they are incredibly shiny – you wouldn’t believe it. Every coin turns into a little jewel – no kidding!
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Strongly recommended by us: “We have yet to discover a product which does a better job in polishing our cherished elongated coins – period!!”
eBay (1)
Would you be willing to take less? I bought one just like this for $1.47 a few days ago but I need one more.
Dear i***t
( 222
),
You asked:
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Retired The Alamo Dated 2003 With Six Stars, San Antonio TX Texas Elongated Coin
Friday, February 28, 2014 10:00 AM
Dear domaindomino,
Would you be willing to take less? I bought one just like this for $1.47 a
few days ago but I need one more.
–i***t( 222)
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As an exception we are (I will use your transaction with us as a learning experience). We will adjust the price for you on this one coin but act quickly because it ends in less than a day.
I don’t see how sellers pricing their coins at $1.47 even can recover their own costs – I believe they are actually loosing money with such a business model.
See below why I believe so (I used an item price of $2.25 for my example).
$2.25 Starting Bid
$1.75 Shipping
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$4.00 Total Cost of coin on eBay
$0.23 Final Value fee (eBay)
$0.18 Final Value Fee on Shipping (eBay)
$0.42 Fee amount (PayPal)
$0.91 Postage Stamps (USPS for 2oz rigid envelope)
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$1.74 Fees for $2.25 coin
Not factured into costs yet:
– original cost of item (elongated coin)
– envelope
– tape
– Brasso (Metal Polish liquid used to clean coins)
– Autosol (metal polish paste used to polish coins)
– Q-Tips Cotton Swabs, paper towels, soft cloth, cloves etc. to clean/polish the coins
– time for cleaning, research, listing and shipping
– eBay listings fee of $0.35 if we list more than 50 coins a month and eBay doesn’t run a special like they did in February 2014)
Enjoy your coin and this amazing hobby!! 🙂
Marlyse
