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<p>[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1249180, member: 17555"]BINGO! ... and very hard to do via a picture, but doable over time. Also be ready to get some crap, but that's part of the game and over time you'll minimize the poor buys more and more. The 'bay is littered with overpriced and overbid and shilled coins, probably 95%+ of the auctions. 4% are probably square "retail" buys where you pay dealer margin, and then 1% can be captured at the same price a dealer would pay or even less. You "have" to look at hundreds of auctions a day, every day or at least very often, for years...over time the 1% will begin to jump out at you pretty readily and the 95% you'll almost "auto scan" past... and the 4% will catch your eye and make you consider them (especially if you need the coin). </p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously and has been said many times:</p><p>* don't get in a bidding war... durrrr.</p><p>* watch a lot of auctions.</p><p>* use the saved searches feature to minimize search time</p><p>* I don't spend too much time on BIN's, but have heard that watching the newly listed BIN's can be a good way to capture a deal fast.</p><p>* patience patience patience......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1249180, member: 17555"]BINGO! ... and very hard to do via a picture, but doable over time. Also be ready to get some crap, but that's part of the game and over time you'll minimize the poor buys more and more. The 'bay is littered with overpriced and overbid and shilled coins, probably 95%+ of the auctions. 4% are probably square "retail" buys where you pay dealer margin, and then 1% can be captured at the same price a dealer would pay or even less. You "have" to look at hundreds of auctions a day, every day or at least very often, for years...over time the 1% will begin to jump out at you pretty readily and the 95% you'll almost "auto scan" past... and the 4% will catch your eye and make you consider them (especially if you need the coin). Obviously and has been said many times: * don't get in a bidding war... durrrr. * watch a lot of auctions. * use the saved searches feature to minimize search time * I don't spend too much time on BIN's, but have heard that watching the newly listed BIN's can be a good way to capture a deal fast. * patience patience patience......[/QUOTE]
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