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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 605304, member: 8033&quot;]Tmoney,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure Hontonai knows this believe me. He&#039;s possibly forgotten more than you&#039;ll ever know.</p><p><br /></p><p>People actually DO buy replicas to fill a hole they never could afford. If one does that knowing it will always be a replica it is just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting ripped off by buying a replica and knowingly buying one are two entirely different animals.</p><p><br /></p><p>That aside people do buy replicas all the time and DO get ripped off. These are generally the same people that buy &quot;colorized&quot; coins, gold plated quarters and the like. It spills over into stamps as well believe me I see it very often.</p><p>TV pitchmen woo these people in with their spiels. Often it is the elderly I&#039;m afraid. Yes, they get ripped of by salesman.</p><p><br /></p><p>How do I know it happens? Well, for starters the TV shows are still on and that costs a lot of money. The magazine ads still run and that costs money. Where it really hits home though is when these folks wander into the shop to sell this stuff.</p><p>Nothing like telling an 80 year old woman that has never collected coins that we will offer her next to nothing for something she paid $20 + shipping for IF we make an offer at all. We don&#039;t want it. It will sit on our shelves and collect dust. I&#039;ve actually thrown plated coins into the drawer to give as change.</p><p><br /></p><p>People buy a lot of &quot;junk&quot;. Some actually have a reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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