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Originally Posted by FirstYearCards
I recently sold a card through Ebay and wanted to keep track of all fees and costs involved with selling the card. Here are the details:
I sold the card for $77.11 plus $5.00 for S/H. Total: $82.11
EBAY
Bold Listing: $2.00
Gallery Plus: $.35
Final Value: $6.94
Final Value on shipping: $.45
PayPal
Final Fee: $2.68
S/H
Post Office: $4.65
Total Fees: $17.07 or just under 21% of sale price
In the end, if I wanted to make a 25% profit on this card, I would have had to bought it for less than $52.01. Just a little reality for those of us who not only collect, but also try to turn a profit every once in awhile.
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I'll agree with everyone else... no way you should spend $4.65 to mail a $77 card. In fact, you actually lost ten cents on shipping ($5 - $0.45 = $4.55 > $4.65).
Mailing one raw card with no insurance with shipping provided by paypal is $1.64 (3 ounces); a graded card is about4 ounces and costs $1.81 (I think my numbers are correct). I don't insure under $100; just doesn't make financial sense. Even if one in 100 packages was lost I'm still better off without insurance. Anything over $100, I do insure (round down to nearest hundred usually).
I think I'm generally between 11 and 12% to sell a card on eBay. I generally opt for BST here first...