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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2536128, member: 19165&quot;]I&#039;m not sure what your goals are in the hobby, so you can correct me if I make any bad assumptions. However, if you are buying coins in order to sell them and make a profit, Ebay is *absolutely* not the place to do that. On Ebay, you will generally pay full retail and then some. You need to find coins at a wholesale price, or buy them at a price where you can make a profit. Buy low, sell high is the only way for an investor/dealer to make money. In this example, you&#039;ve already *paid* for the color bump, trying to increase the price further isn&#039;t probably realistic. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, if you are buying the coin because you like it, you hold it for a while, and then it is time to move on and decide to sell it - don&#039;t necessarily insist on making a profit (or even recovering everything you have in it). You won&#039;t always recover your money, and that&#039;s just life. Smart buying, holding for a long period, and smart selling will increase your odds of making money - but that isn&#039;t the primary goal for collectors. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, when we are talking about large sums of money then it is only prudent to try to get the best prices we can (both buying and selling). The difference is for an investor this is the primary goal, for the collector this is secondary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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