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<p>[QUOTE="Player11, post: 1163647, member: 26725"]Thanks for sharing. I miss the show circuit but not the huge overhead expenses of table fees, travel, and then brutal competetion with 100 or so other dealers in the room with very little public coming in not to mention my time. My ebay store handles a lot of things automatically for me with very little fixed cost up front vs a show. I have found CraigsList a good place to solicit potential sellers. Consequently my goal has been to reduce fixed overhead costs considerably.</p><p> </p><p>Numismatic coins essentially have been a losing proposition the last couple of decades unless your extremely on target or can buy them right. It must be tough to recoup all those hefty show expenses. I do feel for show dealers trying to retail to people who only want to pay sheet. It takes cost plus about 40% to make it in the coin biz. Silver has been the real winner. I find your inventory very impressive and admire your tenacity to commit everything to a specialized area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Player11, post: 1163647, member: 26725"]Thanks for sharing. I miss the show circuit but not the huge overhead expenses of table fees, travel, and then brutal competetion with 100 or so other dealers in the room with very little public coming in not to mention my time. My ebay store handles a lot of things automatically for me with very little fixed cost up front vs a show. I have found CraigsList a good place to solicit potential sellers. Consequently my goal has been to reduce fixed overhead costs considerably. Numismatic coins essentially have been a losing proposition the last couple of decades unless your extremely on target or can buy them right. It must be tough to recoup all those hefty show expenses. I do feel for show dealers trying to retail to people who only want to pay sheet. It takes cost plus about 40% to make it in the coin biz. Silver has been the real winner. I find your inventory very impressive and admire your tenacity to commit everything to a specialized area.[/QUOTE]
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