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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hiho, post: 806671, member: 21869&quot;]Before eBay coin shows were the place to buy coins if you didn&#039;t have or didn&#039;t care for your local coin shop. Your only other option was mail order. I went to every coin and paper money show in NYC and after a few years learned who could be trusted, who had fair prices, etc.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ebay has given every collector a chance to be a dealer, which is good and bad. Good if the person is honest, bad if they are not. And I don&#039;t agree that eBay is all retail. Just as I have bought $400 Dutch banknotes for $40 at shows I have had similiar luck with eBay. Great deals don&#039;t just jump out and announce themselves, but if you have done your homework and are prepared you can still find good deals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dealers like coin shows because naive people come to them with nice coins and are willing to sell them. People who have no idea how to use a computer let alone eBay. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I still go to coin shows but I don&#039;t buy as much as I used to. These days it&#039;s really just to see what everone has and maybe learn about something new.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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