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by antiquepostcards
Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:58 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Making My Own Postcards
Replies: 26
Views: 51752

Re: Making My Own Postcards

davyj wrote:Thanks for all your replies I still have not decided what to use yet, as soon as i decide i will post on here.
Keep your ideas coming in though. :wink:
Out of interest, did you decide on what to use in the end?
by antiquepostcards
Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:28 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: To eBay or not to eBay?
Replies: 53
Views: 212871

Re: To eBay or not to eBay?

I find ebay a total rip off now, time you have paid your insertion fees then 10% final value fee, and then paypal fee the profit margin that is left does not warrant the time & effort involved. I would use Delcampe everytime over ebay. Ebay = :( Delcampe :D If you haven't tried Delcampe, try it...
by antiquepostcards
Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:35 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: To eBay or not to eBay?
Replies: 53
Views: 212871

To eBay or not to eBay?

No doubt this topic comes up lots (and searches on the forum suggest it does), but given that eBay have recently introduced yet more changes to their fee structure, I'm interested to know what people think about buying and selling on there now. I feel the fees as a percentage of the overall auction ...
by antiquepostcards
Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:25 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard Monthly Online
Replies: 4
Views: 9908

Re: Postcard Monthly Online

Picture Postcard Monthly is now available online... http://www.postcardcollecting.co.uk free of charge for a few months then as an 'online subscription' It's the whole magazine in PDF format A good spot Michael, thanks for that, I enjoyed reading it on the train today, if I like what I see in the D...
by antiquepostcards
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:31 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: New to the Game !!
Replies: 12
Views: 19763

Re: New to the Game !!

I can't recall seeing many "town" cards going for much more than £30. Who's offering them to you? I agree, is it a local dealer trying to sell them in a shop? Unless it is very very special to someone, it would be hard to sell a local scene for more than £10-15 IMPO. In my experience, if ...
by antiquepostcards
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Making My Own Postcards
Replies: 26
Views: 51752

Re: Making My Own Postcards

Thanks for your reply michael, basically i need paper/card that would make a postcard look good, i have tried some of these 6X4 photographic papers you get in small packets, but they are not thick enough, also went into jessops yesterday and asked the assistant what i was looking for ( i might as w...
by antiquepostcards
Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:40 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: New to the Game !!
Replies: 12
Views: 19763

Re: New to the Game !!

the price range is from £65 down to about £20 each is this the normal price for such cards also how can i tell that these cards are real Crikey, that sounds like a lot. Do you have more details about the postcards, e.g. their age, have they all been sent or not (postally used / postally unused). Ar...