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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-07-2009, 12:31 PM   #1 (permalink) nightowl Member   Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 157 A question for the dealers here... When you buy a rare, or high dollar coin for resale, what percentage do you pay the seller? There may be some gray area depending on demand etc, but I am trying to establish an average for my own personal use. Nightowl   11-07-2009, 02:17 PM   #2 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Quote: Originally Posted by nightowl When you buy a rare, or high dollar coin for resale, what percentage do you pay the seller? There may be some gray area depending on demand etc, but I am trying to establish an average for my own personal use. Nightowl "What percentage" of what are you asking about?   11-07-2009, 02:38 PM   #3 (permalink) tonphil1960 Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 193 http://www.cointalk.com/t76275/ Go here, I believe I saked the same thing. T   11-07-2009, 02:45 PM   #4 (permalink) nightowl Member   Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 157 Yep....same basic question. I'm going to PM Mark and ask more specifically about the piece in question. Betcha he'll be willing to help me. Thanks.....Nightowl   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Where can I buy coin collection equipment? | bad sellers » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post How do coin dealers make a living? Harryj Coin Chat 112 02-16-2009 05:03 PM Coin World: Chinese Fakes Deceive Some FUN Dealers Hobo Coin Chat 17 01-28-2009 06:49 PM Question about online dealers mark_h US Coins Forum 8 07-05-2006 10:20 PM silver art bar dealers silver art bars US Coins Forum 25 04-25-2004 08:06 PM How dealers use the greysheet National dealer Coin Chat 0 02-17-2004 08:58 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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