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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 13296, member: 57463&quot;]I am sure that you can accept it as an axiom that the dealer did not lose money on the transactions.&nbsp; You certainly do, I hope, grant the dealer his profits, large or small, as he can find them.&nbsp; Yet, you enjoyed bargains that seem to be below &quot;market price.&quot;&nbsp; How can that be?</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) The dealer paid the last collector much less than &quot;market price.&quot;&nbsp; So, remember that when you decide to sell.</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) &quot;Market prices&quot; do not come from price guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either or both (1) or (2) will be true... unless there are some other &quot;truths&quot; to be considered...&nbsp; Is the dealer using these loss leaders to bring you in for more purchases?&nbsp; (This is extremely unlikely, but I offer it as an example of &quot;what else&quot; could account for your apparent good fortune.)&nbsp; The dealer wants to marry your sister...&nbsp; (Whoa!)&nbsp; Well, okay...&nbsp; but the point is that the only way to get around the basic facts of marketing is to seek some non-market factors.&nbsp; Without a spare sister or whatever, you have to accept either or both of the first two choices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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