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<p>[QUOTE="acsearch.info, post: 4802443, member: 105839"]That's not quite true. Yes, buyer's fees are increasing but that's mostly due to decreasing consignor's fees. With the internet it became incredibly easy to start an auction business and with the growing competition for consignments, auctioneers have been constantly descreasing their consignor's fees. It's not uncommon that auction houses offer 0% consignor's fees or even negative ones, meaning that they share part of the buyer's fee with their consignors.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, you can do that. But you may end up having to pay the buyer's fee plus the consignor's fee (if there is one) for buying your coins back. This may total in 20-35% of the hammer price. Personally, I wouldn't want to risk that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="acsearch.info, post: 4802443, member: 105839"]That's not quite true. Yes, buyer's fees are increasing but that's mostly due to decreasing consignor's fees. With the internet it became incredibly easy to start an auction business and with the growing competition for consignments, auctioneers have been constantly descreasing their consignor's fees. It's not uncommon that auction houses offer 0% consignor's fees or even negative ones, meaning that they share part of the buyer's fee with their consignors. Sure, you can do that. But you may end up having to pay the buyer's fee plus the consignor's fee (if there is one) for buying your coins back. This may total in 20-35% of the hammer price. Personally, I wouldn't want to risk that ;)[/QUOTE]
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