Whatever Mr. Bardell may charge for all his work, he seems to be an
extremely
good alternative to being swindled by the large so-called auction houses
in
the USA!!
As so many articles have detailed, the major firms seem to be nothing but
crooks, as the constant charges by the FBI against the luminaries of
philately
constantly remind us!!
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:43:27 -0000, "David French" <dvfrench@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>>>Do you have any philatelic material that you are no longer in need of,
but
>>>do not have time to sell yourself ?
>>>If so, then I am currently looking for consignments / collections to
sell on
>>>Ebay.
>>>I've been doing this for 7 years with great success. My Ebay selling ID
is
>>>'cobbie10' and I have virtually 100% feedback with well over 20,000
sales
>>>under my belt.
>>>I accept any size consigment from a single sets, to one country
collections,
>>>to whole inventories.
>>>I charge 25% of final value fee for my time and this includes all Ebay
&
>>>Paypal fees associated with the sale. I can turn around the average one
>>>volume collection within a week of receving it - on average I can list
40
>>>lots per day.
>>>Before listing I will give you an estimate as to what I think your
>>>collection would sell for and, if you are unhappy with this estimate, I
will
>>>return the consignment to you.
>>>Either reply to this posting or, for anonimity, email me at cobbie10 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>verizon dot net.
>>>I am located in Baltimore MD and are also able to pick up collections
as
>>>long as you are within an hours drive.
>>>Mark Bardell.
>>>www.cobbiestamps.com
>> How can you manage this?
>>
>> Let's say that you list an item with a start of under $10 and it sells
for
>> $25. The final value fee is $1.31.
>>
>> 25% of that is 33 cents, but the listing fee is 40 cents!
>>
>> You just -=lost=- 7 cents !
>>
>> Add in PisspUnk and you're really in the hole!
>
>Hmmmm.... Could it be that he charges 25% of the bid price,
>as in: "I charge 25% (of final value) fee for my time".
>
>In which case it may be a bit expensive!
>
>David.
>
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