Is asking 10% of coupon value too much?

[velviita]

I usually ask 10% for a coupon. More if it is a really hot coupon, but still much lower than what you would spend on Ebay. Also if a coupon is of higher value, I will ask less than 10%. I guess it all varies on coupon to coupon. But 10% sounds like a good starting point to me.

I don't get my inserts for free. Factoring my time and gas to pick them up, I can't let them go too cheap. You can probably feel my pain - but it is alot of darn work to pull all those inserts from the papers! Especially when there are 3-4 inserts. Hahaha - so $.03 or so each coupon is not really worth it to me.

[CW&M Mom]

I basically agree on 10% and that is normally what I ask for.

If something doesn't seem as popular... maybe it's a $1.00/2 and their other's out their that are $1.00/1 you could lower it to 8% or if it was going to expire soon just to get rid of it.

Part of why 10% is nice is it's just easy to figure out LOL.

[amylynne01]

I think 10% is fair, and I don't think that doubling should play into it at all. Not everyone can double, and not every coupon will be doubled. So a $0.50/1 any Dawn could be doubled at a grocery store or used at Walmart where the price of Dawn is always low.

If you're buying each paper at $2 each, do you even break after charging 10% of face value? Doesn't seem to be a lucrative business unless you get your inserts for cheap or free.

[Mama Stu]

I think 10% is fair. I also think you are a wonderful trader.

[mammabear9]

I think 10% is fair, and I don't think that doubling should play into it at all. Not everyone can double, and not every coupon will be doubled. So a $0.50/1 any Dawn could be doubled at a grocery store or used at Walmart where the price of Dawn is always low.

If you're buying each paper at $2 each, do you even break after charging 10% of face value? Doesn't seem to be a lucrative business unless you get your inserts for cheap or free.

Some weeks I do break even, others not so much that's why some weeks I have 30 to 35 of each insert and other weeks I will only have 15-20 (also there are weeks where I make more than I have spent and the next week I will have sometimes 50 of each insert). I'm not really in this to make money. I started really couponing in may around the same time I started here on HCW. I figure I save money with the coupons I use from the inserts and I can be of service to other traders on here and help them out at the same time. Also sometimes if I know a coupon isn't really good like medicine q's I ask for less than 10% sometimes 5% or less.

Shelleyf and MamaStu:
Thanks for your kind words I try to give everybody a good trade and hopefully will be able to keep on doing this for a long time to come.

[shans3boys]

That's a lot of work - and you are not asking too much! Some weeks are just better than others, as far as inserts go. And on those weeks, the demand may not be as high. Economics at work...

[SFShopper]

I think 10% of value - it's a good place to start. At the same time, there are Qs that uhhh - I sooo wouldn't ask 10% of value ~ ie $10/1 or $7/1 Crest it just doesn't make sense. At times, before I make an offer - I'll look @ what the going rate is on ebay and go lower For a .50/1 type of Q - unless it's really really hot - ie .50/1 Yakisoba - I'll probably go with 10% of value, cuz on the flip.side - you have to ask yourself... what is to stop the other side from going to someone else?! Is there a guarantee that you'll trade it @ .06 per? kwim?

[meggers]

I think 10% of value - it's a good place to start. At the same time, there are Qs that uhhh - I sooo wouldn't ask 10% of value ~ ie $10/1 or $7/1 Crest it just doesn't make sense. At times, before I make an offer - I'll look @ what the going rate is on ebay and go lower For a .50/1 type of Q - unless it's really really hot - ie .50/1 Yakisoba - I'll probably go with 10% of value, cuz on the flip.side - you have to ask yourself... what is to stop the other side from going to someone else?! Is there a guarantee that you'll trade it @ .06 per? kwim?

I taught her eberything she knows & I concur.

Sometimes, it perfectly fine to ask for more than 10%, but sometimes, it's best to not stick to a straight 10% & even charge way less.

[mammabear9]

I think 10% of value - it's a good place to start. At the same time, there are Qs that uhhh - I sooo wouldn't ask 10% of value ~ ie $10/1 or $7/1 Crest it just doesn't make sense. At times, before I make an offer - I'll look @ what the going rate is on ebay and go lower For a .50/1 type of Q - unless it's really really hot - ie .50/1 Yakisoba - I'll probably go with 10% of value, cuz on the flip.side - you have to ask yourself... what is to stop the other side from going to someone else?! Is there a guarantee that you'll trade it @ .06 per? kwim?

yeah those crest strips q's are icky aren't they? I hate those q's why can't they put something else in there that people actually want? and I try to keep it equal to what other traders or ebay are asking but I can't offer them at 2c or 3c each no matter the coupon value and it's not because I want to make loads of money it's cause if I do that I won't be able to afford new papers every week, I am flexible if somebody says that don't like my price they can make me an offer I will consider any reasonable offerAlso I have started a clearance list that I have ongoing which is hopefully a good idea on my part (haven't really made lots of trades off them yet so don't know yet lol)