How long do they last?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by 1stSgt22, Oct 11, 2021.

  1. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Worst than that many times. They accuse us of trying to steal their treasure from them, our whole hobby is a bunch of cheats, etc.
     
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  3. VistaCruiser69

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    That all depends. If they're here only to confirm that they miraculously & suddenly struck it rich with a dud coin, only long enough to post a few debate replies in regards to the answer(s) that they weren't really here looking for.
     
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  4. capthank

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    I had a well known member PM me for a coin I displayed for sale and offered $50. Fortunately that same evening was coin club and I took this coin to the meeting and was told it was worth much more than $50. The member placed it for sale on E BAY and it sold for $453.00. Just saying....
     
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  5. charley

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    Did you originally offer the piece for 50? Did you sell it for the 453, or did you sell it for the offer of 50 and after taking the piece to the show and being informed it was worth more, did you then sell it for 50 or reject the offer?

    I am a little confused. Which member sold it, the one that was a well known member (here, I assume), or the member of the coin club at the meeting you attended?

    Being a well known member does not automatically transfer as a knowledgeable member about a particular piece. If, on the other hand, you had not researched it, and offered it for 50ish, and the member that would pay 50 was indeed very knowledgeable and was taking advantage of the situation and your lack of knowledge, I would be disappointed. Very disappointed.

    If, you are stating that you offered a coin on this forum for 50ish, and a member offered you 50ish, and whether or not the member is well known or not, the question is, did either of you research the piece first?
     
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  6. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Go back and read slowly...
     
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  7. charley

    charley Well-Known Member

    Why?
    Can you clarify (without assumption):

    How the story answers which member....here or at the club meeting (or possibly the same person)..... made which offer and how much the piece was offered for by the seller, and/or who sold it and who did or didn't pay 50 or somebody paid 453 to somebody, and all I can figure out is somebody didn't know much about the piece.

    The takeaway is the composition scoring is, well, something.
     
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  8. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Here we go...
    I had a well known member PM me for a coin I displayed for sale and offered $50.
    The OP had offered a coin for sale...we don't know the price or the venue. A member of CT contacted him and offered to pay him $50 for the coin. Fortunately that same evening was coin club and I took this coin to the meeting and was told it was worth much more than $50. The OP took the coin to a meeting of a coin club and a member there told him it was worth much more than $50. The member placed it for sale on E BAY and it sold for $453.00. Just saying.... The member of the coin club to which the OP belongs/belonged kindly placed it on sale for him on ebay and the coin fetched $453.00. See
     
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  9. charley

    charley Well-Known Member

    Every "here we go" you posted in red is assumption. You need to win. Yet you agree that information is missing. How is it clear WHICH MEMBER IS WHICH AND WHICH MEMBER FROM WHICH MEMBER LOCATION SOLD IT AND/OR IF IT IS THE SAME MEMBER HERE AS IN THE COIN CLUB? Yet you understand who is on first? No problem. I surrender.
    You are correct.
    SEE?
     
  10. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    I have no idea what happened concerning a coin someone offered $50 for. However, let me speak to what a coin is "worth".

    Very recently I bought a aVF Macedonian tet under the Romans, First Meris. Not my collecting specialty but I knew what it was, relative market, and it is pretty. I paid $150 basically. Same coin on CNG sells for about $350-400. However, for the seller to obtain this, (and I would have freely told him this), he sends it in, waits for a few months, hopes he has a successful auction and it doesn't sell for $150, wait some time for settlement, THEN pay 20% commission. A dealer might pay him a little less, since he needs to wait to find a buyer like me. A normal dealer I am.sure would offer me less than the $150, but my superior knowledge I could offer it to a specialist who would offer me more.

    Now, I ask you, what is the "market" price for this coin? Point I am making is many, many different markets and prices for the same coin. I would NEVER pay you CNG prices, giving you cash immediately and having no protection if its a forgery. Then you involved Ebay, where butt stupid stuff happens every day. I really can never comment on Ebay prices, they are so schizophrenic.

    My view anyway. Even if someone got $450 on Ebay, (good for you, you could have gotten $10 or 3 nonpaying bidders in a row, or a scammer who gets the coin but claims it was stolen from the package), does not mean a $50 offer was immoral.
     
  11. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Dang grapes were probably sour anyway...
     
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  12. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    It's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Obviously no one on this site wanted it for it's asking price. $50 bones was the top offer here. And we all know how ebay goes with so many clueless buyers.
     
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