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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8290022, member: 73489"]Something that I don't understand ....<b>GD here has said that 80% of the business at big shows might be dealer-to-dealer BEFORE the show even begins. </b>That's how lots of dealers get inventory.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">Questions:</span></b> <b><i>If the dealers sell their stuff at full price (retail) to the dealers...who then have to tack on more to make a profit...how is that price competitive with the market price ? And if the dealers give a discount (wholesale pricing) to their dealer friends so the price they sell at is competitive and also lets them make a profit....aren't they leaving money on the table ?</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm confused when I see dealers say they bought dozens of coins from other dealers, sometimes 1 or 2 dealers. <i>Didn't THOSE selling dealers leave alot of money on the table by not selling their stuff to the retail buyers who'd be coming en masse to a show ?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I get selling hard-to-sell stuff at a slight discount if you are stuck in a coin shop, especially in the pre-internet days. But why sell wholesale, especially at a coin show, if you have the internet and coin show traffic to see all your stuff and pay full price ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8290022, member: 73489"]Something that I don't understand ....[B]GD here has said that 80% of the business at big shows might be dealer-to-dealer BEFORE the show even begins. [/B]That's how lots of dealers get inventory. [B][COLOR=#b30000]Questions:[/COLOR][/B] [B][I]If the dealers sell their stuff at full price (retail) to the dealers...who then have to tack on more to make a profit...how is that price competitive with the market price ? And if the dealers give a discount (wholesale pricing) to their dealer friends so the price they sell at is competitive and also lets them make a profit....aren't they leaving money on the table ?[/I][/B] I'm confused when I see dealers say they bought dozens of coins from other dealers, sometimes 1 or 2 dealers. [I]Didn't THOSE selling dealers leave alot of money on the table by not selling their stuff to the retail buyers who'd be coming en masse to a show ?[/I] I get selling hard-to-sell stuff at a slight discount if you are stuck in a coin shop, especially in the pre-internet days. But why sell wholesale, especially at a coin show, if you have the internet and coin show traffic to see all your stuff and pay full price ?[/QUOTE]
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