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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lord Geoff, post: 1798245, member: 42001&quot;]The problem Detecto, besides the whole honesty bit, is what service you are providing that makes it remotely worth $19.99.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That is what I was getting at with my beautiful woman scenario, and tgaw with his &quot;I&#039;ll tell you if a penny is copper&quot; scenario.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let&#039;s say GDJSMP offered to appraise coins for $19.99.&nbsp; Unless I am greatly mistaken, he would probably get next to no business.&nbsp; The main reason being that for twice that money (give or take) you can get an appraisal that actually matters, as it 1) is generally respected by any coin collector and 2) is guaranteed, i.e. they back their appraisal with their wallet if they are wrong.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And you sir are no GDJSMP.&nbsp;&nbsp; You will receive 0 coins at $19.99 to appraise. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A more interesting question is if you offered your coin appraisal service at $1 apiece.&nbsp; My hunch is that you would still receive 0 coins to appraise.&nbsp; I mean, who is really going to send you coins to appraise?&nbsp; To get to the root of the problem, why would they?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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