Let your heart take courage, all ye that sell coppers!

Someone just used the 'buy now" function on eBay to buy a mini-CTU I had listed for auction there. They paid $38 and got free shipping. So when you factor in all the eBay lisitng fees, plus PayPal's percentage, and shipping cost, that comes out to about .0155 per copper cent
Final value fee: 9%
So for 31 that's 3.42 for ebay
paypal takes 2.9% + .30
which comes to $1.50
-5.15 for shipping
That $10.07 total.
So I made $27.93 on $18 fv of coppers. That's $9.93 profit. Not bad IMHO. The bad news for him is that he could have gotten the same deal for $26 instead of $38 if only he had been a realcent member and seen my "Buy it now" listing

Final value fee: 9%
So for 31 that's 3.42 for ebay
paypal takes 2.9% + .30
which comes to $1.50
-5.15 for shipping
That $10.07 total.
So I made $27.93 on $18 fv of coppers. That's $9.93 profit. Not bad IMHO. The bad news for him is that he could have gotten the same deal for $26 instead of $38 if only he had been a realcent member and seen my "Buy it now" listing
