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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4799032, member: 51347&quot;]Profit is a motivator to make markets. If you did not have Dealers to offer items, then you would have limited to no offerings of items. I CERTAINLY would not buy and sell, providing items to a market, without making a profit. Folks have to eat.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you expected any business to work in that model, those businesses would be bankrupt. </p><p><br /></p><p>We need to understand that our Hobby is supplied by people or businesses. That includes the Coins as well as all the surrounding products, such as storage items, books, cabinets, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether we agree or not, Ancient Coins are offered as any other market. The Seller must be able to make a profit, or they will no longer offer that service over the long run. It is as Humans have been for millennia.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my PERSONAL instance, I am an end consumer, strictly a hobbiest.&nbsp; However, I am fully cognizant that some of my purchases may be from other hobbyists, or from Coin Sellers (businesses), such as Vcoins, AUCTIONS, eBay, MA-Shops, and several other PROVIDERS (many are from Coin Talk).&nbsp; I personally, WANT them to make a fair profit so that they are a sustainable source that I can go to later to buy MORE coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, I see no Utopia out there that folks will grow produce, and raise cattle just to GIVE the food away for FREE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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