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Message:: [QUOTE="Player11, post: 1047782, member: 26725"]I get these calls all the time at the shop.  I have no problem telling them what I pay (75-85% of melt on junk silver).  If I am confident I can blow most of it out at a show at a decent price I may pay more.  My offers are based on my assessment of current market conditions.  Considering they areen't paying worth a hoot on the Bay for a lot of this stuff plus it costs me at least 12% of sales to sell there are many who don't like what I pay and don't show anyway.  Let them sell it on the Bay then.  On numismatic material I simply tell them "I will need to see it to give you my best offer."  I usuaally qoute a buy price of 60-65% of CDN Bid for this.  Man of them walk but what we buy my assistant lists it and moves it on the Bay for me.  I recently had a huge collection of Commems walk in and we flipped it all in about 2 weeks and kept about 10% of it for retail shop customers.  Many collectors, full of message board Koolaid, have an inflated idea of what they can get for their stuff.  I run a business and my buy offer is based on what I can move it for right now and make a decent profit that makes it worth my while.[/QUOTE]