I have had the same experience. Prices will be higher since Amazon charges more in fees (I believe 15%), but many items I have seen are significantly higher than on ebay. The Saddle Ridge Hoard was one of the first major coin items I recall seeing on Amazon and they were all listed for high end prices.
NO - TOO expensive - same as them Idiots at Coin Vault - TOO expensive. Learn the price of coins/paper money - then go from there!! You have to realize coin dealers that put their crap on Amazon are selling to make a profit off of the uninformed like you - read, look at what idiots are buying on Ebay - then bid what you want - and nothing more~!~
No. Why would I look on Amazon (who I am boycotting) for coins (when the only coins I've seen on there have been overpriced items geared towards the Littleton/HSN crowd?) There are probably a billion places I'd shop for coins BEFORE I'd give Amazon a second of my time.
It is not all junk - but yes overpriced. I think as already mentioned they raise the prices to cover the amazon fee's. I have see a few dealers whose sites I search have coins listed on there - never really compared their site to amazons for prices.
I look on Amazon for books and occasionally DVD's. Just looked at coins when I saw this post and decided I won't bother looking at coins there again.
It looks like the coin sellers on Amazon are there to hook the novice coin collectors who don't know coin values.
