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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 7805733, member: 24754"]I have to say, there are a lot of things that I don't like about Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The use of Buyer Fee is infuriating. Instead of charging a 20% Buyer Fee, why not just auction the item and take 1/6th of the sale price? The ratio is the same, the only real difference being that we don't have to do math every time we bid on something. However, that's not the only difference is it? Having to do math makes us inadvertently spend more than we intend, which makes Buyer Fees an underhanded approach in my book!</p><p><br /></p><p>And ya, the shipping is ridiculous, especially since it sometimes takes them a week and a half to even put the package in the mail. I don't even bother with auctions unless there are a large number of coins that interest me. If I do not win any of the initial coins and ascertain that I might only end up getting a few, then I stop all together. At least if you win a lot of coins, the shipping cost per coin becomes somewhat reasonable.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, Heritage is the only site that reliably sells the slabbed coins that I'm after, so I guess they kinda have me by the tail <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily I live in a state (Georgia) that doesn't tax collectable coins. At least there's one upside to living here! haha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 7805733, member: 24754"]I have to say, there are a lot of things that I don't like about Heritage. The use of Buyer Fee is infuriating. Instead of charging a 20% Buyer Fee, why not just auction the item and take 1/6th of the sale price? The ratio is the same, the only real difference being that we don't have to do math every time we bid on something. However, that's not the only difference is it? Having to do math makes us inadvertently spend more than we intend, which makes Buyer Fees an underhanded approach in my book! And ya, the shipping is ridiculous, especially since it sometimes takes them a week and a half to even put the package in the mail. I don't even bother with auctions unless there are a large number of coins that interest me. If I do not win any of the initial coins and ascertain that I might only end up getting a few, then I stop all together. At least if you win a lot of coins, the shipping cost per coin becomes somewhat reasonable. But, Heritage is the only site that reliably sells the slabbed coins that I'm after, so I guess they kinda have me by the tail :inpain: Luckily I live in a state (Georgia) that doesn't tax collectable coins. At least there's one upside to living here! haha.[/QUOTE]
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