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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1347192, member: 68&quot;]I&#039;m not a real big fan of Mr. Bowers but Littleton does deserve far more praise in the hobby than they get.&nbsp; They mostly do a good job on every end of the business and bring large numbers of people into the hobby.&nbsp; They are honest and provide quality service.&nbsp; I don&#039;t favor all of their business practices but in every case the customer has an honest shake.&nbsp; Approvals are a problem in my opinion but most of their customers know what these are and know to return what they don&#039;t want.&nbsp; In this day and age with the oracle available to everyone customers should be aware they are paying a great deal for value added.&nbsp; While collectors might shudder at the idea of paying $5 for a $2 coin most non collectors and beginners just don&#039;t consider this a problem.&nbsp; An argument can be made that the sales price in some instances even makes the coin actually a $5 coin even though the chances of retaining this premium are poor.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If everyone weren&#039;t so busy tearing down the work they do then perhaps Mr. Bowers and I wouldn&#039;t be so quick to defend them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is that they are a company whose product appeals to beginners and those willing to pay for value added.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t want a complete collection since the fun for me is completing it but there&#039;s a demand and Littleton fullfills it.&nbsp; They also move a huge amount of product and provide a floor for the prices of most lower value coins.&nbsp; They keep this floor somewhat elevated as well.&nbsp; Prices would be lower without them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ony real &quot;harm&quot; they do is in spreading out low value coins far and wide whjere they can come back onto the market for centuries.&nbsp; By the same token though there is good in this.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some people who collect high value coins just see them as a ripoff but without them there would be a lot fewer low end collectors which means fewer high end collectors in the future along with lower high end prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They are good for their customers, good for the hobby, and good for themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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