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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 648390, member: 15445&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I met this dealer about 5-years ago &amp; I have probably bought 1 or 2 nice coins from him every year.&nbsp; I never knew for certain, but I’ve just had the feeling that he was treating me fairly.&nbsp; This last weekend, I bought this nice error coin from the guy.&nbsp; I remembered seeing the coin somewhere before so I searched a couple auction site archives and found it.&nbsp; Based upon the realized auction price plus commission &amp; postage, I calculate that my friendly dealer only marked it up 12.5% when he re-sold it to me.&nbsp; <u>On this coin</u> he made 12.5% on his money in one month and I feel good buying coins from an individual like this.&nbsp; Other than rounding off to the nearest $10, there is never much to negotiate with this guy.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I just have the feeling that many of the coins I am offered elsewhere have been marked-up 50% to 100% or more.&nbsp; I get this feeling because there always seems to be some room for negotiation.&nbsp; What mark-up do you think you paid on your last coin purchase?</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">collect89</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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