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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 827598, member: 16510&quot;]You need to include several more factors to get at that question so the answer is &quot;it depends&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you know the dealer and are you a regular customer?</p><p><b>Dealer give better customers better deals, in person or at a show.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What day of the show is it, for that matter what day of the month is it for the dealer outside of a show?</p><p><b>Dealers on the last day of a show sometimes want to move some stuff out or &quot;flip&quot; some material just be rid of it.&nbsp; Dealers one on one may want to sell some stuff at the end of the month, or at the beggining - it just depends.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What kind of day has the dealer had?&nbsp; A good day, bad in between?</p><p><b>A good days sales may make him willing to lower a price, bad day hold out for more.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What&#039;s the material being bought or sought?</p><p><b>Is it common mint items, bulk coins or bullion, rare harder to find classic coins?&nbsp; The latter most dealers always hold on for better prices, the others they just may not want to carry home, seen it, done it.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Many coins are never offered at a discount, whether at a show, shop or anyplace else - they don&#039;t have to be.&nbsp; </p><p><b>The coin will sell itself, and example being say a PCGS AU-55 1922 &quot;no &quot;D&quot; Lincoln or a MS-65 RD 1914-D, these coins never need to be discounted for any reason at all.&nbsp; Someone will come along and pay 25% over bid becuase they know they will not see them or be able to get them again &quot;that nice&quot; very soon.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you are asking about the fact a dealer&#039;s cost at a show are passed on because of overhead related to the show?&nbsp; </p><p><b>On an individual coin dealers do not really expect to make their money from that - they, like I&#039;ve said before make their money buying not selling coins at shows and generally during the first couple of days.&nbsp; Very few dealers would even attend a show if they could not trade amoung other dealers before and during the general public&#039;s attendance plus have better chances at buying than they do at home.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If asking if you just pick up the phone a call or visit a dealer and because there is no show overhead would doing that you would get a better deal? </p><p><b>I don&#039;t think so 50% to 75% of the time.&nbsp; Items that are in inventory and catologs that you may want to buy have a retail factor already built in for a hedge simply because like jewlery may be sitting there a long time.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Again there is no answer for your question as asked but - buying wisely and knowing both your dealer and the market probably gets you the best prices on most items most of the time.&nbsp; <b>In other words I don&#039;t think it has much to do with show overhead whether you will get a high priced coin verses a shop or site.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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