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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 976560, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;ll never understand why people continually get hung over the idea of fees. I mean look - unless you buy or sell a coin to a private individual you&#039;re paying fees. And most of the time you&#039;re paying them to a private individual as well. You just aren&#039;t aware of it apparently. Or maybe it&#039;s because they don&#039;t call them fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you sell to a dealer - do you ever get full retail ? No of course not. Why ? Because you are paying a fee. </p><p><br /></p><p>When you buy from a dealer - does that dealer make a profit on the deal ? You bet he does, because you are paying a fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Private individuals do the same thing - they try to sell at a profit over and above what they paid for the coin. You pay a fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any time you buy a coin there is only 1 cost for that coin - the total you paid for it. That cost includes what it cost you to get to the location where the coin is when buying in person, the cost of the coin itself, shipping if bought by mail or on-line, insurance if you use it and it&#039;s foolish not to, and any fees involved if buying from an auction house. </p><p><br /></p><p>But when you add it all up there is only 1 cost. And there is only 1 cost no matter where you buy it. Just because your seller doesn&#039;t itemize out all the costs involved that doesn&#039;t mean you aren&#039;t paying them. It just means your seller isn&#039;t telling you that you are paying them.</p><p><br /></p><p>But one way or the other - you ARE paying them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Auctions houses are a huge benefit to the hobby. They are a huge benefit to you ! And worth every penny they ever earn. And if you can&#039;t recognize that then you need to open your eyes and look around again because that is reality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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