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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 21110754, member: 24754&quot;]I don&#039;t even bother looking through coin stores (or BIN Ebay listings, etc). When I compare the prices to what I feel would be expected at auction, I find myself repeating, &quot;WHAT?!, WHAT?!, HUH?!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s probably because a lot of the coins in the stores were purchased in public auctions (where &quot;fair&quot; market price is actually determined), then marked up at a fixed price for the purpose of making profit. Never would have occurred to me that such a thing would be successful, and I wouldn&#039;t have done it anyway if it had.</p><p><br /></p><p>I much prefer waiting for the coins that I want to show up in auctions. At least then I know that another person was willing to pay nearly as much. This is assuming that the auction houses or sellers aren&#039;t pulling some kind of shenanigans, that&#039;s not necessarily always a given <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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