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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheCoinGeezer, post: 1470037, member: 34700&quot;]Clearly many eBay sellers are willing to negotiate on their asking price, hence the &quot;Best Offer&quot; function.</p><p>My philosophy is &quot;If you don&#039;t ask, you don&#039;t get!&quot;</p><p>The secret is FRIENDLY negotiation.</p><p>I don&#039;t try to beat the seller down to the last cent but I DO want to optimize my buying power.</p><p>It&#039;s tough to negotiate with a dealer on PM prices, they pretty much have a fixed spread and rarely vary from it, except in the case of a high volume purchaser.</p><p>OTOH dealers at coin shows I&#039;ve attended seem more than willing to haggle a bit, so I figure, what the heck, I may as well ask! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Example:</p><p>I see coin &quot;A&quot;. It&#039;s a nice example of a coin I would like for my collection and I want it (at my price).</p><p>Since I pretty much know the market values of the coins I need, I know what my bottom line will be.</p><p>I&#039;ll politely ask the dealer to see the coin WHEN HE&#039;S NOT BUSY with other customers.</p><p>After examining it to make sure it&#039;s what it appears to be, I&#039;ll ask the dealer his price.</p><p><b>Regardless of what he says</b>, I&#039;ll ALWAYS ask &quot;Is that your best price?&quot;</p><p>If it is and I think it&#039;s worth it, then I&#039;ll close the deal right there.</p><p>If he offers a lower price and I think it it&#039;s worth it, then the deal is made.</p><p>If he offers a lower price but one I still feel is too high, I&#039;ll counter with a fair market offer, which he is free to take or leave.</p><p>If he takes it, the deal is made.</p><p>If he leaves it, the negotiating is done and he can try to sell the coin to someone else who wants it more than I do.</p><p>Never do I put down either the coin or the seller.</p><p>What I DON&#039;T like to hear is &quot;I&#039;ve gotta get X, since I have Y in it already.&quot;</p><p>Frankly I simply do not care what the dealer paid for it. </p><p>If he overpaid, it&#039;s not up to me to subsidize his poor business acumen.</p><p>When I hear that dreaded phrase, I pretty much know that negotiating is a waste of my time and his and I just move on.</p><p>Since my numismatic budget simply does not allow for me to purchase ultra-rarities, I&#039;m pretty sure another coin will come along sooner or later. </p><p>No need to overpay or get aggravated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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