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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1866268, member: 19463"]No. Full price sellers charge, rightly, for their services. Most employ specialists of considerable ability and some of them make more than minimum wage. If a dealer stops being useful in this regard, I can not see paying him more than I would pay you for the same coin. I fail to understand why people who know nothing are willing to pay high prices for coins UNLESS they are comforted by the fact that the seller is fully competent. fully honest and worth the extra. When you pay $200 for a coin available elsewhere for a fraction of that, you should have the right to get the difference in service, comfort and professionalism. I prefer to buy from dealers with lower overhead unless I am in need of comfort (hand holding) on that item because it is out of my area of study.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1866268, member: 19463"]No. Full price sellers charge, rightly, for their services. Most employ specialists of considerable ability and some of them make more than minimum wage. If a dealer stops being useful in this regard, I can not see paying him more than I would pay you for the same coin. I fail to understand why people who know nothing are willing to pay high prices for coins UNLESS they are comforted by the fact that the seller is fully competent. fully honest and worth the extra. When you pay $200 for a coin available elsewhere for a fraction of that, you should have the right to get the difference in service, comfort and professionalism. I prefer to buy from dealers with lower overhead unless I am in need of comfort (hand holding) on that item because it is out of my area of study.[/QUOTE]
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