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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 2007900, member: 24091&quot;]The Silver Dollar Show in St. Charles, MO was a complete bust last week, or so I have been told.&nbsp; I think what people are seeing is lag.&nbsp; The price of gold and silver have dropped significantly, yet a lot of dealers have not budged on their prices.&nbsp; There are a few exceptions, and for those dealers business has been great.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the local monthly coin show here in Kansas City a few weeks ago, I managed to pick-up an 1910-D gold $10 Eagle in NGC MS-62 for $750, --would have been about a $875 coin a few months ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, for buyers the price action has actually been a good thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for eBay, I really don&#039;t think the coin side of their business has much of a future, all the BIN fixed priced coins are listed for 40%-75% more than they are worth, and very few people have the time to scour the site looking for the 0.5% of listings that are a great deal or sold in no-reserve auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one wild card in everything is, --and it&#039;s hard to believe it affects even the coin market as much as it does-- would be upcoming changes to everyone&#039;s healthcare expenses.&nbsp; A lot of companies are rolling out new health coverage for 2015 that will rip the wallet right out of a lot of people&#039;s pants.&nbsp; Nearly every person I have talked too has mentioned the same thing about their coverage for next year, that it will have a primary component that involves an HSA (heathcare spending account) with just catastrophic insurance coverage.&nbsp; The money that will be needed</p><p>to fund that account has to come from somewhere, and like or not, for a lot of folks the money is coming out of their hobby budget.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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