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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8237087, member: 27832"]Have... have you ever actually <i>seen</i> a CAC sticker?</p><p><br /></p><p>I won't presume to speak for [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER], but I can tell you why <i>I've</i> used BIN instead of auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>With BIN, I offer the coin at what I think it's worth, and entertain offers from potential buyers. If all the offers are very low, I can adjust my expectations, and my pricing. I can accumulate this information over weeks or months.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I post a coin at auction, I'm gambling that <i>at least TWO</i> people who know what the coin is worth and want to buy it at that price will happen by <i>during one particular week</i>. For rare or unusual coins, and for small-time sellers like myself, that's unlikely to happen. I sold at least one coin that would've gone for less than $200 in a one-week auction, but eventually went for $700. It just needed to appear long enough for the right collector to come along.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8237087, member: 27832"]Have... have you ever actually [I]seen[/I] a CAC sticker? I won't presume to speak for [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER], but I can tell you why [I]I've[/I] used BIN instead of auction. With BIN, I offer the coin at what I think it's worth, and entertain offers from potential buyers. If all the offers are very low, I can adjust my expectations, and my pricing. I can accumulate this information over weeks or months. If I post a coin at auction, I'm gambling that [I]at least TWO[/I] people who know what the coin is worth and want to buy it at that price will happen by [I]during one particular week[/I]. For rare or unusual coins, and for small-time sellers like myself, that's unlikely to happen. I sold at least one coin that would've gone for less than $200 in a one-week auction, but eventually went for $700. It just needed to appear long enough for the right collector to come along.[/QUOTE]
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