Ebay Listings of British Coins

[ozjohn 552]

I have noticed in resent times that the number of listings of British coins on Ebay UK have diminished considerably. Has anyone else noticed this?

In general I avoid buying coins on Ebay even from reputable dealers  as anything brought via the big online auction sites attracts  a 10 % GST

levied by the Australian government but when buying direct from an overseas dealer you can import items free of GST up to $1000 in value.  This was due

to political pressure  on government by retail traders in Australia  who complained that they were loosing sales due to competition from Ebay,

Amazon etc  Also some dealers increase their prices on Ebay listings to cover their costs with Ebay.

 

 

[Mr T 169]

I haven't looked at ebay much lately - I see a few coins trying to sold on UK Facebook coin groups but I don't pay enough attention to see if they do sell.