Anyone else get seller's fatigue?

Some of you may remember that I posted this lot that I won last week

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic53347.html

Well I didn't say how much I bought it for. I picked up the whole lot for NZ$10 (about £5 or US$7) The silver in it alone had a melt value of NZ$32 so I knew I was going to make money on it but the question is how much?

I could easily have sold most of the coins individually and made over $100 on the re-sell. But I have sold so much recently (see my other thread about weeding out my collection) that I couldn't be bothered with the work of scanning them all and then packaging them up after they sold, so I just listed them in the groups that I put up in the thread above. I made about $60 on the lot and the NZ coins didn't even sell. I didn't have all the hard work, and I really don't care that I probably could have made $50+ more by listing individually. I'm happy with a 600% return in one week (and I still have the collectors card album they came in sitting at home)

I must really be suffering from sellers fatigue because normally I wouldn't mind splitting it up and selling individually (I did with the 100 coins I weeded out of my collection) but oh well. Perhaps in a month or two I'll come across another good lot I can split up.

Anyone else get the sellers fatigue like this?

I get it... the best fix is just hoard all the coins lol

Most definitely Neil.

Checking my Ebay profile, I have almost reached $700 US in sales (little over 1 year). And we're not talking about many items selling for over $50. Pictures, packing, posting, feedback, messaging, etc. I'm pretty damn sure if I calculated my labour rate at 50% of minimum wage, I would still be losing my shirt.

But on the bright side it could be worse. I recently sold some baseball / hockey cards and did a fair amount of research prior to posting on Ebay. First thing to know, they should be dated prior to 1970. Second, if it is not slabbed, good luck even getting a bid. We've had many discussions on Numista about TPG's but you should see what these poor fellas have to put up with. I spoke with a couple of collectors and they both felt the industry is in a shambles (you could hear the sadness in their voice). To make a long story short, I still have about 3,000 cards (given to me) which I will be donating to the local hospital for the kids. I'm sure they could use some smiles.

Also on the upside, my Cent collection is starting to fill out nicely from sales of "others".

Now here's a question. Anyone suffering from Buyer's fatigue?

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​Now here's a question. Anyone suffering from Buyer's fatigue?

​Never!

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​It would be me - even though I didn't start selling yet... OK, I tried hard and I quickly realized how much work and efforts it takes and how little the monetary reward is. So, for the time being I decided to keep it strictly as a "collecting hobby" (actually meaning hoarding and swapping) and leave the selling for the future retirement when it may (or may not) become worth the time spent on it.

And no, no buyer's fatigue whatsoever.

Off a little but I get post office fatigue a lot. Had to much of the postal blues black hole . Eating things

I don't mind selling occasionally but only to people who I already know. Ebay just isn't for me I'm afraid. The money would be useful but I just can't deal with all the scumbags looking to screw their fellow man over at every opportunity. I quite like Listia because there's no cash involved so it's a bit more civilised than ebay and there are still bargains to be found.

Given the choice though, I would always opt for swapping my surplus coins with friends.

I have the exact same thing with a bunch of coins I want to sell on, but I just cannot be bothered with how much effort it is to do it, especially as they all need to be listed separate for the best turnaround.

Swapping isn't really my thing, I will swap with those I know well but never a formal swap as such. I will do it eventually but it is such a bore just thinking about it.

Quote: "Peter M. Graham"​Most definitely Neil.
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​Checking my Ebay profile, I have almost reached $700 US in sales (little over 1 year). And we're not talking about many items selling for over $50. Pictures, packing, posting, feedback, messaging, etc. I'm pretty damn sure if I calculated my labour rate at 50% of minimum wage, I would still be losing my shirt.
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​Now here's a question. Anyone suffering from Buyer's fatigue?

​A year? I got that for the 100 coins I took out of my collection and the other bits and pieces I've sold in the last 4 weeks alone

I never get buyer's fatigue...which is probably why I'm now suffering from seller's fatigue

Quote: "ALLRED1950"​ Off a little but I get post office fatigue a lot. Had to much of the postal blues black hole . Eating things

​perhaps try a P.O. Box?

It is not incoming mail, but outgoing mail. I just had one year ,or a little more. Were I lost about 20 % of outgoing mail.In the US the euro zone and even the UK. From everything. The best one was from Italy. Got and almost empty package in an costumes bag of Italy. With some coins in it that were not mine. But on the good side there was an 200 l. coin I needed for my collection in there.