Help On Pricing Stamps

Hope is an ok question but I need some help with my pricing on my Wensy page. I am not sure if I am pricing my stamps to high. Any suggestions will be helpful.

http://wensy.com/storecatalog.asp?userid=9433

Thanks

I collect pre 1940 US only so I have very little knowledge of the value of your foreign stamps. However, I know that is is very difficult to sell singles or small lots of common US (and I assume the same is true for foreign). Anytime the catalog value of a lot is less than $10.00 it is more difficult to sell.

Plus if your lots under $1 were really selling, it would be far more work than would be worth your time and money as far as I am concerned.

IMHO

and


It didn't take me long to figure out that by the time I prepared and stored, scanned, listed, filled an order, prepared the mailing, went to the Post Office, etc. I was making about -$23 an hour for my effort when selling low value items.

I'm all about working in the negative (value wise) with my collection, but not with my time doing all that.

That said, if you're enjoying the effort then go for it. I don't think you've listed the US too high but I don't know about the others.

Your Vietnamese around $20
I would have paid $12- $14 here.
So it's close, (for Vietnam collectors)

I'm with Rod.. I would have paid 12-14 here for all the Vietnamese. These I do collect, since my wife was born there.

Thanks to all for your responses. Yes, it more of a labor of love of stamps as I just want to sell off what I do not collect, want, or need.

Your prices seem OK - but you might do better by bundling more stamps together. Also, some collectors are fernickety, so you may get more interest if the stamps are all lined up carefully (makes no difference to me, though!).

The USA kiloware pack looks good - would you be interested in doing a trade once I've reached my 50 posts? I could swop for the same weight of GB or Australia, for instance.

D. King,

Thanks for the advice and yes we can do a swap once you it 50 posts. Ray