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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3076059, member: 112"]For whatever it is worth, it has long been my experience that you can get just about any coin for less money at coin shows or from a dealer than you can get the same coin on ebay. Sometimes you can even buy them on Heritage or from one of the bigger auctions houses than you can on ebay. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there some exceptions to this ? Yeah, I'm sure there are. But based on everything I have seen those exceptions are few and far between.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now what I'm saying about being able to get coins for less from dealers than you can on ebay - that doesn't mean just any dealer. There are plenty of dealers, in their shops and at shows that ask ridiculous prices. I readily agree with this. You have to look around, and sometimes many places, but it can definitely be done, and often. This is largely because dealer asking prices usually vary so much. For example, it is not at all uncommon for dealer A to be asking 50% more or even up to twice as much for a given coin as dealer B is asking for the same coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, given the experience you are relating, I would suggest that you start looking at other dealers and not just the same ones you regularly look at.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also a couple of other things that play a part in this. When you're dealing with raw coins and the asking prices, a big part of what determines those prices are the grades assigned to the coins by the person selling them - whether that person is on ebay or a dealer's shop or a dealer at a show. What I'm saying is this - who knows how accurate that grade is ? What is VF to one may be F, or XF to another - including you. Also, the coins on ebay may be problem coins, and thus the cheaper prices, and you just don't realize it. </p><p><br /></p><p>But when all things are equal, it is quite rare that you cannot get a given coin for less from a dealer than you can from ebay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3076059, member: 112"]For whatever it is worth, it has long been my experience that you can get just about any coin for less money at coin shows or from a dealer than you can get the same coin on ebay. Sometimes you can even buy them on Heritage or from one of the bigger auctions houses than you can on ebay. Are there some exceptions to this ? Yeah, I'm sure there are. But based on everything I have seen those exceptions are few and far between. Now what I'm saying about being able to get coins for less from dealers than you can on ebay - that doesn't mean just any dealer. There are plenty of dealers, in their shops and at shows that ask ridiculous prices. I readily agree with this. You have to look around, and sometimes many places, but it can definitely be done, and often. This is largely because dealer asking prices usually vary so much. For example, it is not at all uncommon for dealer A to be asking 50% more or even up to twice as much for a given coin as dealer B is asking for the same coin. So, given the experience you are relating, I would suggest that you start looking at other dealers and not just the same ones you regularly look at. There are also a couple of other things that play a part in this. When you're dealing with raw coins and the asking prices, a big part of what determines those prices are the grades assigned to the coins by the person selling them - whether that person is on ebay or a dealer's shop or a dealer at a show. What I'm saying is this - who knows how accurate that grade is ? What is VF to one may be F, or XF to another - including you. Also, the coins on ebay may be problem coins, and thus the cheaper prices, and you just don't realize it. But when all things are equal, it is quite rare that you cannot get a given coin for less from a dealer than you can from ebay.[/QUOTE]
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