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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 61221, member: 112"]eBay = bad idea for a coin like this. </p><p><br /></p><p>The harm comes from the fact that any dealer who would be interested in buying this coin has already been contacted or has heard about it from Heritage. So if you contact them - they won't make an offer because they know you have already contacted somebody else and already have an offer. That's just how it works. Coin dealers do not like to be "shopped". </p><p><br /></p><p>Shopped means going from dealer to dealer looking for the best price. They do not like it because other coin dealers are their primary buyers. So if you go around asking everybody what they would pay - you are in effect cutting them out of the loop and causing them to lose potential profits. That tends to make them mad - and they don't want to do business with you after that.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to understand - Heritage, or any other auction house, is not going to just buy this coin from you - they are going to sell if for you. And because the amount of money they make depends on how much they can sell it for - they will try verrrrrrrry hard to get the best price they can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 61221, member: 112"]eBay = bad idea for a coin like this. The harm comes from the fact that any dealer who would be interested in buying this coin has already been contacted or has heard about it from Heritage. So if you contact them - they won't make an offer because they know you have already contacted somebody else and already have an offer. That's just how it works. Coin dealers do not like to be "shopped". Shopped means going from dealer to dealer looking for the best price. They do not like it because other coin dealers are their primary buyers. So if you go around asking everybody what they would pay - you are in effect cutting them out of the loop and causing them to lose potential profits. That tends to make them mad - and they don't want to do business with you after that. You need to understand - Heritage, or any other auction house, is not going to just buy this coin from you - they are going to sell if for you. And because the amount of money they make depends on how much they can sell it for - they will try verrrrrrrry hard to get the best price they can.[/QUOTE]
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