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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1648028, member: 44132"]I almost never pay the asking price, but I do understand that dealers are not in the business in order to give their products away. Many survive solely on the income derived from selling coins. I'm glad that we have so many dealers in order to keep them all honest (not that they're not honest, but competition helps keep prices lower), and to give us a variety of places to buy our coins. If you don't like the way one person conducts business we have a choice and can move to another dealer. Having said all that, I also understand that <u><b>MOST</b></u> dealers are prepared to offer reasonable discounts if asked. The price has some leeway built into it. The key is you have to ask. You have nothing to loose by asking and possibly something to gain. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm no dealer and I rarely sell any of my coins. But when I do, I try to be the most responsible seller as I've said before. I would rather trade coins with one of you guys than to sell one, but I'm not sure how to go about trading unless someone asks specifically about a coin. I have traded with some of you. Anoob and Doug to be specific. I would like to see some kind of Trade site set up where one could place the coins you are willing to trade and you could shop around to see what others have for trade. I'm not savoy enough to know how to go about such and endeavor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1648028, member: 44132"]I almost never pay the asking price, but I do understand that dealers are not in the business in order to give their products away. Many survive solely on the income derived from selling coins. I'm glad that we have so many dealers in order to keep them all honest (not that they're not honest, but competition helps keep prices lower), and to give us a variety of places to buy our coins. If you don't like the way one person conducts business we have a choice and can move to another dealer. Having said all that, I also understand that [U][B]MOST[/B][/U] dealers are prepared to offer reasonable discounts if asked. The price has some leeway built into it. The key is you have to ask. You have nothing to loose by asking and possibly something to gain. I'm no dealer and I rarely sell any of my coins. But when I do, I try to be the most responsible seller as I've said before. I would rather trade coins with one of you guys than to sell one, but I'm not sure how to go about trading unless someone asks specifically about a coin. I have traded with some of you. Anoob and Doug to be specific. I would like to see some kind of Trade site set up where one could place the coins you are willing to trade and you could shop around to see what others have for trade. I'm not savoy enough to know how to go about such and endeavor.[/QUOTE]
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