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<p>[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 2044031, member: 36248"]I did this for a bit, but my access to local coins in limited, and I don't have the money yet to travel to larger shows. I was buying online and sending to CAC. At this point, factoring in my time, it just seems to be a break even on coins that are bought with intention of sending to CAC. If I have to resell 25%-50% of the coins I buy that don't sticker, and replace with another coin, I eat up a lot of time and money. Some coins I would make good money on, others I broke even, and some yet I lost small amounts of money on just to be able to unload them. I sort of traded this method of my current method, only buying already stickered coins if my goal is a CAC type set, even if I have to slightly overpay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, Cherry picking still is a live and well. But to me, this is a limited method for the occasional surprise moment, and not something that can be done consistently as a complete method of acquiring future-CAC coins, well at least not in my neck of woods. I will say, I am a little chicken when it comes to buying raw coins, so maybe this is my problem. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 2044031, member: 36248"]I did this for a bit, but my access to local coins in limited, and I don't have the money yet to travel to larger shows. I was buying online and sending to CAC. At this point, factoring in my time, it just seems to be a break even on coins that are bought with intention of sending to CAC. If I have to resell 25%-50% of the coins I buy that don't sticker, and replace with another coin, I eat up a lot of time and money. Some coins I would make good money on, others I broke even, and some yet I lost small amounts of money on just to be able to unload them. I sort of traded this method of my current method, only buying already stickered coins if my goal is a CAC type set, even if I have to slightly overpay. Of course, Cherry picking still is a live and well. But to me, this is a limited method for the occasional surprise moment, and not something that can be done consistently as a complete method of acquiring future-CAC coins, well at least not in my neck of woods. I will say, I am a little chicken when it comes to buying raw coins, so maybe this is my problem. ;)[/QUOTE]
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