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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 1416349, member: 9474&quot;]Hey Dave,</p><p>Don&#039;t confuse &quot;bullion&quot; coin with &quot;collector&quot; coin.&nbsp; I am saying this sarcastically of course because I know you know the difference, but the truth is there is much more that goes into a &quot;collector&quot; coin than a bullion coin.&nbsp; First and foremost it is a proof.&nbsp; A lot more preparation goes into preparation and handling of a proof than a bullion or UNC coin.&nbsp; That gets factored in.&nbsp; Then, collectors forget that there is a cost for packaging.&nbsp; Probably not a whole lot of cost, but someone has to pay it and it aint going to be the mint.&nbsp; Next there is the marketing part of selling the coin.&nbsp; Down in my part of the country I never see any tv or print adds for the mint, but when I went home to Conn, there were ads on tv, print ads in the papers and so on.&nbsp; That costs tons of money and that is passed on to the consumer.&nbsp; Then someone has to pay the bills and utlities and everything else.&nbsp; That gets all factored in.&nbsp; Then there is the whole profit thing.&nbsp; &nbsp; The mint is a for profit business.&nbsp;&nbsp; So profit margin is factored in and when it is all done, whether we like it or not that means we pay $32.55 extra per coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to owning a business myself, I used to get mad about the incredible price differences from what I believed a coin should cost and what a coin really cost to produce.&nbsp; After owning a business that was customer based and focused on a hand made product, everything made sense and I completely understood.&nbsp; I used to get mad when customers used to complain how expensive our products were but then I used to challenge them to go out and see what the costs would be to build it themselves.&nbsp; Some customers took me up on that challenge and most always came back with a new clearer understanding of what it really costs to make and sell the product.....and I sure wasn&#039;t going to do it for free either.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Joe[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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