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<p>[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 555490, member: 17239"]You know, I have found that depending on what type of coins your are targeting, the seller I utilize may be different.</p><p>I use alot of ebay, 'buy it now'/ 'visit sellers store' functionality and take advantage of multiple purchase S$H incentives for these Lincoln cents I'm into now. These sellers are understandibly always in the US. I would make sure that you review their feedback before even considering dealing with them or any other ebay seller however.</p><p>For my Canadian collection, I'll buy off this or that seller for older Canadian silver coinage, and for recent RCM products, I'll either order right from the mint if it is still available, or from another preferred seller. Who-ever I order from, I feel much easier when the items are shipping from Canada where I live. I've got stung on one occasion by Canada Customs demanding 20 bucks in duty on a Canadian coin that was originally minted in Canada that I bought from a U.S seller. I contested it and they sent me a cheque for 7 bucks, with no follow-up explaination what so ever.</p><p> </p><p>In a nut shell, I wouldn't dismiss ebay as an important source, providing you do your homework properly..ie) know the value of what you are after, do the math properly pertaining to S+H charges etc, feedback reputations.</p><p> </p><p>Ok gotta go now...going to click the link that Noost posted, that I never knew existed.Thanks for the info Noost[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 555490, member: 17239"]You know, I have found that depending on what type of coins your are targeting, the seller I utilize may be different. I use alot of ebay, 'buy it now'/ 'visit sellers store' functionality and take advantage of multiple purchase S$H incentives for these Lincoln cents I'm into now. These sellers are understandibly always in the US. I would make sure that you review their feedback before even considering dealing with them or any other ebay seller however. For my Canadian collection, I'll buy off this or that seller for older Canadian silver coinage, and for recent RCM products, I'll either order right from the mint if it is still available, or from another preferred seller. Who-ever I order from, I feel much easier when the items are shipping from Canada where I live. I've got stung on one occasion by Canada Customs demanding 20 bucks in duty on a Canadian coin that was originally minted in Canada that I bought from a U.S seller. I contested it and they sent me a cheque for 7 bucks, with no follow-up explaination what so ever. In a nut shell, I wouldn't dismiss ebay as an important source, providing you do your homework properly..ie) know the value of what you are after, do the math properly pertaining to S+H charges etc, feedback reputations. Ok gotta go now...going to click the link that Noost posted, that I never knew existed.Thanks for the info Noost[/QUOTE]
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