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<p>[QUOTE="looric, post: 1486, member: 109"]The Rule of the Flea Market: Haggle Haggle Haggle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sell at flea markets and I sometimes sell coins there. I always price anythig I sell at least 5 times what I want from it. Rarely (but sometimes) some one will pay that price. Most of the time I am asked "Is that the best price on it?"</p><p><br /></p><p>I say, "Yup, that is the best price for me *chuckle*. How much you want to pay for it?" If they are serious they make a bid, if they are like me (and trying to steal a deal) they say, "How about a nickle?"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Sure!" says I, "As long as it is a 1913 Liberty Head nickle." Rarely does the person know what I am talking about, but by then "Short Attention Span Theater Syndrom" kicks in and they forget what they were looking at and wander away.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, if a seller can get $75 for a common SBA, great. If not, he can still get a "Big and Tastey" for it down the street.</p><p><br /></p><p>One caveat to this: If I would ask the seller "what makes it so expensive" and I get a line about "They are rare" or some such lie then I have a problem. That is stealing through deception, and that is wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>If he says "You don't see them much anymore", while stretching the truth, that isn't a lie. You are stupid for buying it, but stupidity has been running much of the coin market for years now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="looric, post: 1486, member: 109"]The Rule of the Flea Market: Haggle Haggle Haggle. I sell at flea markets and I sometimes sell coins there. I always price anythig I sell at least 5 times what I want from it. Rarely (but sometimes) some one will pay that price. Most of the time I am asked "Is that the best price on it?" I say, "Yup, that is the best price for me *chuckle*. How much you want to pay for it?" If they are serious they make a bid, if they are like me (and trying to steal a deal) they say, "How about a nickle?" "Sure!" says I, "As long as it is a 1913 Liberty Head nickle." Rarely does the person know what I am talking about, but by then "Short Attention Span Theater Syndrom" kicks in and they forget what they were looking at and wander away. In this case, if a seller can get $75 for a common SBA, great. If not, he can still get a "Big and Tastey" for it down the street. One caveat to this: If I would ask the seller "what makes it so expensive" and I get a line about "They are rare" or some such lie then I have a problem. That is stealing through deception, and that is wrong. If he says "You don't see them much anymore", while stretching the truth, that isn't a lie. You are stupid for buying it, but stupidity has been running much of the coin market for years now.[/QUOTE]
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